As a student who went here for 5+ years, this place is a joke. Teachers and staff will have their…read moreown favorite students and treat them better than others. For example, out-of-uniform days. There were specific rules as to what was allowed and what was not. Most "popular" students would not follow the rules, and also some regular students. I would only ever see those regular students in the office and never the popular students. That is not the only thing. A lot of the students are racist, mostly towards the Hispanic and Black students. You would occasionally hear the n-word or "beaner" in the hallways. In some classes teachers would favor specific students. Some teachers would talk often to these popular kids during class and would be helping them out more than other students. Sometimes, those students would convince teachers to change their groups so they would be with their friends, therefore making the original students feel bad. I will not write about everything that happened at Hill-Murray, so this will be the last one. A student was wrongfully ganged up on by four other students. This happened in Mr. Faust's class, where he was not in the classroom when he was supposed to be. According to the students who were in his class during that hour, he would normally not be in the room when students got back from lunch. (Classrooms are not to be left unattended with students in them without a teacher.) When I saw the video of this fight, the four had blocked off their entrance to leave, the student was spat on by one of the four students, and started to defend themselves from those students. Two out of four of those students were hitting that one student. It kept going for a while until a bystander student finally stopped them from touching that student, still no teacher in sight. As stated by bystander students, one out of four of said students was expelled, and the student who was beaten withdrew from Hill-Murray. Also, the student who was expelled had previously threatened the student and followed her way before the fight took place and had two suspensions. When I first came here, I expected so much considering how much people pay for their children to go here, and I was so excited to be a pioneer. When I graduated, I realized that place is not where I would EVER send my child. If you don't have a status, you do not matter to them. If you are a person of color, you will be called names and be stereotyped. Please, if you care and want your child to be safe and loved, don't make the same mistake my parents did and send them here.

Hill-Murray School provides the best well-rounded experience for our children and we highly…read morerecommend the school. Hill-Murray provides a challenging and safe environment where all kids are known, respected and loved.

Loved my time at Oak View Middle School. Definitely the best middle school in the district. Many…read morewonderful teachers here.

This place is clean, bright, has friendly Red Cross staff, free parking, and is attached to, and…read morenext door to, a coffee shop. After multiple blood donations, and several platelet donations, given here, I can share that this is a good place to donate. Like many Red Cross donation centers, the staff and volunteers change regularly, but the donor experience has always been good, friendly, safe, and helpful. They always say "thank you for donating." The staff here are also nice if you can't donate. I've had low numbers on Iron and could not give blood. Despite my disappointment in my low iron that day, the staff was very nice, positive and they let me have a cookie any way.

Swim Meet Review!!…read more Edina Gators and Southview Middle School = GOOD JOB. Are you coming here for a swim meet? Things to know = the parking lot is small. There's a second lot on the east side of the school, and you can follow a path alongside the south side of the school to get back to the pool entrance. You can also park in the neighborhood. I've been to all sorts of meets here, smaller one session novice style, four session two day invitationals, and post season meets. They always seem to have a solid snack bar going, with real meal options like walking tacos and fresh fruit and baked goods and coffee, not jsut candy and gatorade. There are tables for people to sit at when your kid isnt swimming. (A gym too, but that's pretty typical) The building has a few nooks that you can walk to if you want to get away from all noise. There is a decent amount of seating. They sell programs, if youre into that. (Sometimes this means the program is not available online. Meh. I can work with that)