Don Antonio Lugo High School

I went to Don Lugo High School in Chino, CA on 11/​20/​2015. It was my 1^st time there. I was there for a football game (2^nd round CIF playoffs). A ticket was $ 10.00, a program was $ 5.00 and parking was free. The visiting San Marino Titans defeated the Don Lugo Conquistadors by a score of 52 – 10. Plus, I took photos.

Wow! I love this school! All the teachers are totally Rad! The principal, man! She’s so friendly! She so smart we call her Doctor… Dr. Kotex! I love the student body you’re totally awesome all girls you’re smart and pretty. They must have amazing parents! Us dudes, we are dang chivalrous! Very competitive though as we strive to be the best we can here! I love it a lot m. I never wanna leave, excepts to go to college and be a better person! DON LUGO HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RULES!

Every once in a while, you read reviews that so fly in the face of what your experience was, it makes you wonder how people can possibly evaluate the same situation so differently.
My son attended Don Lugo for four years. I went with him to what I thought was going to be a parental orientation – it turned out to be a rah-​rah with cheerleaders – including two male ones in short shorts – dancing around and a few speeches. Geez, I thought it was going to be about academics, parking, books, etc. We left after about an hour of this. Should have been a warning.
Next, I have never, ever been to an institution that SMELLED so badly. Every time I went to pick up my son, or went to a parent activity, the hallways smelled like butt or fart. Kids can be smelly, but does that school have a ventilation system? My son told me it was always that way, and hot as well. Students were jammed into overloaded classes. He also told me that quite often the stink from pot fills the air… I had to experience that myself, and sure enough, he was right.
While my son was not bullied there – he’s a pretty big kid – he saw tons of bullying. All the time. Enough goes on at that campus that they have a full time police officer there. Amazingly, my son watched every day as the same kids left during break to go to the local pot shop (the one guy had a fake ID and of course a «Doctors Slip» and then would come back and sell it to other kids. My son, who had longer hair, was constantly bugged to either buy, or did he want to sell. You know, longer hair must mean he’s into drugs!
Some of the teachers were kind, but most that I talked to had an uncanny, similar air about them of having just «given up». His computer teacher was awesome, but there was a math teacher there – anyone who went there knows his name – who was such a venomous weasel that he should not be anywhere near kids… ever. Even the other teachers would roll their eyes when I mentioned his name, he was that bad.
Preston Carr, the Principal, was the one bright star at that school. A great guy, but obviously, he could only do so much. He devised a remote-​learning program and asked if we would be interested – he liked my son as they has spoken a number of times and Mr. Carr had high praise for him. We enrolled him in the course, which was 90% at home study, and my son’s grades went from C– to A-​. Just amazing. I think he learned more in his senior year than his previous three years.
This would be a one star school save for Mr. Carr, who is a 5 star man. A major disappointment, and I wince to this day driving past that somber beige set of buildings.

This is the CVUSD high school with the highest number of notable and/​or Ivy League alumni. Unfortunately the students, faculty and staff face a lot of prejudice as there are newer houses in Chino Hills and a more concentrated population of Asian-​Americans. Don Lugo is very diverse and a strong Latino presence at any institution is an asset. If you are evaluating a school due to any other means than performance, then you are evaluating it according to your own prejudices– Period. There are great teachers here who are always approached with offers from other districts and poached out by other schools because of their talent. My husband and I excelled here in the rich Honors/​AP program and went on to college and grad school where we were more than prepared. Stop with the inter-​district transfers and address fraud people. You are moving your kids away from a good school.

My Alma Mater.
How I wish going to this school. its been almost 5 years since I graduated but I will not forget all the memories I shared with my classmates.
My 3 years on this school has been a roller coaster with ups and downs along the way. Drama’s among friends and some other things.
The teachers I had were all great. Can’t go wrong with this school. Who knows maybe some day my kids will go to this school.

This is an incredible school with many unique programs from Lead Academy sponsored by Project Lead The Way to State winning Dance and Agriculture programs. Don Lugo is known as the community’s best kept community secret because it out going Leadership program and close knit family feeling students create on campus. They have a strong Advance Placement program and is always looking for new and innovative ways to transform the campus programs and facilities.