Lu Ross Academy, Barber School, Ventura | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

I understand this is a school and people are still learning. I JUST EXPECT the instructor to do their “job” and overlook the process of the barber. My brother sit there like a lamb getting his hair butcher. We ask for a low fade and every time I turn around to look his fade is just keep getting higher higher. I know what the different between a low, medium, high and tight fade is. I tried to stand there to monitor the barber myself to make sure he doesn’t just go up higher, but I was not allow to stand there. My brother is not the type who complain or stand up for himself. Say whatever you want to say but he wanted a LOW FADE. There is so sign in the window saying “ this is a school you might walk out with mess up hair cut”. Hey no hate toward the barber!! Thank you for working under pressure and I understand I can be mean sometime. My only concern is UNTIL when will the instructor step in if the student can’t do the cut. One instructor ( short, black hair, Hitler mustache with a little beard going on) told me “there is no reason to get upset, if you want a real hair cut go to a real barber not a barber school and pay $5”… $5 is still hard earn money. I am a wife of a marine and my husband get a hair cut every week and I can tell you that there are PLENTY of PROFESSIONAL barber who charge $7. Just because it is a $5 haircut doesn’t give you a pass to just say whatever.. who cares. If anything since this is a school your standards should be real strict. All I ask is for the instructor TO DO SOMETHING, ANYTHING because it’s been an hour and 30 mins and the barber seem to can’t figure it out. It’s the instructor job to show the barber how to fix it not let the him keep failing. You are cutting a customer hair and there is a limit amount hair. You can’t keep messing up until he is BALD. At this point we were the only customer left and it is way pass closing time. Finally a different instructor ( glasses, dark brown hair ) step in and helped…. thanks god. I appreciate it very much. We went in before 2 Pm and walk out past 4 Pm. What I did not appreciate was the ( short, black hair, Hitler mustache with a little beard going on) instructor ti said what he said. Super unprofessional I have every right to be mad. My brother hair was getting butcher!!!!! How am I suppose to stay calm when you did not do anything to help. You should be ashamed and disgusted of yourself.

My name is Bridget Hawkins and I have worked at Lu Ross Academy for 5 years now. I know every student that comes through these doors and I have never heard of a “Carmen or Maria Flores”. That being said, we strive for excellence in every department. Pushing the students to be the best they can be, to go out into the world and build a life around what they love. Hair styling is an art. So we are artists. Lu Ross creates a calm, welcoming environment, for students to grow into the stylist they should be. Being a Wella Signature School, we hold regular educational classes, carry the best products and push our students to excel in all they do. Marilyn Erickson has been at the school for 34 years and is a walking text book. The school is lucky to have her and all of her knowledge. The best part about my job is knowing that I am bettering peoples lives. Growing them into hairdresser and sending them off into the world! If you want to know about this school, come in and ask me. I’LL TELL YOU!

This Academy is very unprofessional, the staff is immature and are older women who are on power trips. I wish there were more reviews on this school before I entered, I will never recommend them to any person who wants a decent learning experience. There is no need to bully the students and make people feel inferior. A good academy helps a student grow and become strong in the work field. Although this school is the complete opposite, if you would like to enter high school all over again, then you found the perfect place. I understand that you may run into that anywhere, which is totally understandable. Except I will not, under no circumstanced deal with unprofessionalism with the staff as well as the students.Period. Please do your research, there are so many great schools. This is just not the one! Don’t make the same mistake by choosing Lu Ross. You will thank me later.