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It has a great garden program where children sample fresh (like pulled right out of the soil) vegetables and fruits, and learn to love them! They have a great dance program, art, as well as a strong academics program, with many layers of assistance for struggling students. The library is gorgeous, the whole school has a fantastic view of the San Francisco Bay, and the teachers... They are these fantastic human beings that do a job so good I can't even imagine how they do it! motivating struggling students,pushing the high achieving ones, and mediating all the interpersonal issues. I am so happy with this school!
I'd just like to say that Cragmont was my first choice and my son got in. So it always worth a try. My son is both gifted and Talented (determined by STARS testing) and at the same time lower incomed. So how can ther focus on 1 vs. the other when some children are both. Cragmont is a great school coming from the mother of a 5th grader, who started in kindergarten. Helping the lower income is great because a lot of them are brilliant.
We are very happy with Cragmont. The new principal, Evelyn Bradley is very committed and responsive to parents' needs. The level of parent involvement is very high. Yesterday there were 4 parents volunteering in my child's class. PTA membership is higher than ever. Just like other schools, there are some teachers who are fantastic and some not so good. But I think the new principal is working very hard to rectify that.
Yes, this may be a great school, but don't be fooled. It's still the same BUSD lottery system, so if you're lucky, and you chose Cragmont as your 1st choice, you'll get in. I have heard many parents complain they did put Cragmont as their first choice and didn't get in . We all wonder if the Supreme Court judgment that schools can't have racial quotas as a means of admitting students will change things, but doubtful.
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