We fervently tried to talk him out of BHS, but he insisted. That was exactly what we intended to do.until my son met the principal and some of the staff and students of BHS.

Prevailing wisdom (Facebook groups, parent gossip, great ) told us that if we lived in this area we should send our son to MVHS. We are a military family who moved a high-achieving and very disgruntled 10th grader to the area a couple of years ago. For the sake of your academic future you NEED to choose a different school. If you are looking to go to a 4-year/private,out-of-state university, then you NEED to explore other options. My advice as a graduate from this school, EXPLORE YOUR OPTIONS. If I had to rate my experience, I would be hesitant to even give it a 3/10. With this school, I would say I have been put at a disadvantage, compared to students who when to the surrounding high schools. That may or may have no effected my application but its little things like that, that make me wonder how disrespectful that was to completely disregard students who are looking into something different, who are looking for different opportunities. For most schools, a counselor report is required & on the very last day, my 'counselor' failed to complete it. Even on the last day to submit my application, the teachers AND our counselor failed to help me. This made my college application process MUCH harder. Without the help of teachers, I had to turn to my parents for help, who have very little knowledge on the common app, WUE rates, admission fees, etc. When applying to college last fall, I received very little help from the counselor & the teachers because I wanted to apply to out of state colleges. Even if their was some kind of system, the counselor at the school does a very POOR job of keeping tabs on all of the students & making sure that they are on track to graduate, that they are physically & mentally comfortable at school, & that the student feels safe to go home after school everyday. This leads to students pushing the limits & seeing how far, is too far & then doing everything that wont get them expelled. As I mentioned plenty of times before, the school lacks a structural punishment system. The school is only 5 years old, but that gives them no excuse to slack on their work. But even then the teachers get grades wrong on transcripts, they lack the motivation to make sure college & high school transcripts match, it was very sloppy. I took the time & effort to take as many college courses as possible to get a head-start on my college career. Ricardo Lopez.īonsall High School is part of the Bonsall Unified School District, which serves about 2,500 students across five schools.Īnyone with information on the case was asked to call Crime Stoppers at (888) 580-8477.The only thing remotely 'good' that has come out of my BHS experience, is the college courses. Anything should be reported that they believe is a danger or some sort of criminal activity either to school staff or law enforcement,' said SDSO LT. They should be in communication with them about what they hear, and what they see. 'Parents should talk to their students about what's going on. The Bonsall Winter Dance will not be cancelled since the threat has been handled, Jones said. SDSO also investigated reports that another student may have been involved in the threat, but deputies determined the report unfounded. If someone were to get in there with a weapon it's hard to get out,' explained Lewis.

'It does make me uneasy because most of our dances are in the bottom building and we don't have a lot of exits. Lewis says she was worried about the threat because she claims the area where the dance is taking place is not an area one can easily flee. It just pisses me off, I'm expecting it at this point,' said Lewis. 'People's lives are in danger because of this.

Oli Lewis a student at Bonsall High School said active shooter drills have been part of her school curriculum since elementary school. NBC San Diego News: Watch Local News on Roku Anytime!

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