Mt. Washington Elementary School

We couldn't be happier. The principal and progressive curriculum are rare in this giant district. The fact that it is not a Title # school means that the parents can be more involved. Their involvement makes for some *very* high-guality enrichment: gardening, art, music, loose-parts creative play, robotics, radio production, theater. Each year it improves and expands based on the talents and ideas of the parents. It's an incredibly tight community in which the kids thrive.

There is a strong undercurrent of white privilege that dominates this school. I would strongly caution people of color to think twice before sending your kids here. On too many occasions my daughter came home and told us she was lonely or she sat by herself at recess. We thought for a split second that maybe she was introverted. But then she started telling us that others girls said things things to her that made her feel embarrassed about her hair and would try to touch it. This was her experience at 6 years old. We pulled her out of the school and put her into an environment with a majority kids of color and immediately saw a difference in her joy and happiness.

My son is absolutely thriving at this school.

Every parent, teacher and administrators care about the kids well being and education.