Do not even consider buying here. I lived around there before, and let me say that I am very sorry I did so. Unless you want to be sorry like me, I would recommend that you not buy there, unless you want me to laugh at you later if you have any of the problems I did.
Here are
some problems:
1. The elementary school that it is zoned to is one of the worst in the district, and well known as such. The middle and high schools it is zoned to have an over 50% Hispanic population and over 50% of the students have free lunches. On GreatSchools, the elementary school has a 6 out of 10 rating. People have been observed to be smoking, kissing, and behaving inappropriately many times when my child has been to the middle school. The entire district is in trouble because they signed a 36-year debt plan that there is no way they will escape from. They're spending money they don't have. See
http://www.ocregister.com/articles/bonds-496091-school-bank.htmlfor all the lovely details. Currently, they are trying to bail their way out by posting big ugly signboards next to their streets and asking for voluntary donations from parents. All of the teachers in all three schools I have noticed favor Caucasian students over other ethnicities, and while they ignore the bad behavior of the Caucasian students, allowing them to push, shove, and say bad words to other kids they don't like until they cry, they criticize and yell at other ethnicities, including Asians, until they leave. The administrators are hiring their own family members too. When a parent I knew complained about the behavior of one teacher, she and her child were black-listed from the entire district for ten years until they left the district. When her child did well at an extra-curricular program, they cancelled it the following year and even though she was one of the best students in her school, she never received a single piece of recognition. Even though she was one of the best violin players in the school, she was repeatedly told that she was not good enough to be in concerts. If you try leaving the district, they will intentionally do things to block you by copying the programs of the district you want to transfer to. In 2002, this is what happened:
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/jun/04/local/me-transfer4.Last year, something similar happened. Students who wanted to attend Troy High School in Fullerton were blocked because PYLUSD copied FJUHSD's NJROTC program without telling any of the parents. Even though several rallies were held outside of the district's office, they didn't listen to them. I also have a feeling that they some sway over the OC Register, because when the girl whom I mentioned already won 3rd place in the OC Spelling Bee as a 6th grader, her name was not mentioned at all and she was referred to as an 8th grader in the newspaper. Further, OC Register has refused to publish any articles on PYLUSD's attempts to block inter-district transfers.
2. The water district does not care about their customers' concerns and have 0 water stored in case of an emergency, the worst in the entire OC.
3. The neighborhood is not that great either. Although its immediate vicinity is not that bad, a bit further away, many gangsters are known to roam there at night in Old Placentia. Grafitti is everywhere. Even in the better parts of Placentia, there is strong dissent towards non-Caucasian ethnicities. Children in our old home have put toilet paper on our trees, thrown nails on our roof, and put Clorox (we know, but decided not to say anything worse) in our shrubs. People race down our streets at night at absurd speeds and drinking parties have been observed many times in the city. Strange smoke from their houses have sickened neighbors, and when they complain, they slash their cars' tires. Even police officers do not want to get involved. When some Mormons wanted to convert us and when we said "no", they took offense and our entire street disliked us because when our neighbors did something wrong, they called the city and claimed that it was us calling them. Even the mail delivery system is corrupted. They sent our mortgage bill to our Mormon neighbor who then opened the statement and claimed that they never realized that is was ours. While all of the Caucasians receive coupon ads, all other ethnicities receive none. You cannot do garage sales on any day you want. They only allow it to be free on the hottest and coldest days of the year. Otherwise, you have to pay a huge permit so that the city can collect more money.
That is all I am going to say. I hope that you reconsider buying there.
