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    My eigth grade twins really love this small school with BIG personality. They feel supported and academically challenged.

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    An academic environment that values dabbling in subject matter rather than pursuit of excellence. High turnover of teachers.

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    I learned a lot about our society and social justice while they attended NWS, and they clearly benefitted from a great education!

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    Whitman Middle School

    Whitman Middle School

    3.0(2 reviews)
    6.2 miOlympic Manor

    This school is simply unacceptable. It is NOT a suitable learning environment for our children. The…read moreplace is old and unsanitary, and the staff seem like they do not enjoy working there, according to my child Jimmy. This school needs to rehire their staff and remodel the campus if they want a better Whitman.

    I don't want to write a review where everyone is bad because we had one bad experiences but I've…read morehad mostly good experiences here at Whitman I will be switching schools going from here to villa academy but this school is very nice most of the staff is very nice there strict but reasonable and I must say the school is saying no bully tolerance but they don't do A lot to enforce that but most of the bad things that happen to the school such as vandalism and bomb threats and fights are no thanks to the 8 graders not saying all off them are like this but a lot of them vandalize I have witnessed my self and I encourage the school try and find the people who do this via cameras or other but I feel bad for the staff and janitor's who pick up the mess us boys and girls leave in the bathroom but the teachers and staff are nice I've close with my history teacher and ELA teacher the school it's self is I'm not the best condition the tiles are uneven there rust and other weird stuff you can find but all in all this is a pretty nice school lots to improve though

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    The Bush School

    The Bush School

    3.6(10 reviews)
    1.9 miDenny-Blaine

    I contacted the enrollment department to find out about summer programs and they replied back…read morepromptly and I was informed that once the program initiates the enrollment process I will be contacted.

    I went to the bush school for 7 years, and had to leave after my sixth grade year. The lower…read moreschool had it's problems, but it was mostly the middle school that was the reason for me leaving. The staff and teachers do not intervine bullying or physical fights. And I had a teacher that would bully me for the amusement of my classmate, and nothing was done about it in the end. My parents respectfully told the head of the middle school the problems, and he did absolutely nothing, and started trying to gaslight my family into thinking it was somehow fixed. The middle school counsellor was absolute garbage, she threatened to call the police on me when I stood I to leave her office to go to the bathroom after I got falsely accused of self harming in my science class. They were not flexible about teaching kids the way they need to be taught in order to learn. While I hadn't yet been diagnosed with autism I think that they still should have been more patient with me because it was obvious the way that they were teaching me, as well as a few other kids, in a way that worked for us. They also fired a bunch of beloved teachers for no good reason, and promoted a bunch of terrible teachers including one that was kind of racist. They have prided themselves about being inclusive to everyone, yet would not let me use the bathroom correlated with my gender identity because I'm trans. And they treated popular kids way bette. There's a TON of other problems with the bush school that I just don't want to get into right now, but I hope you get the point. I would put 0/5 stars if I could, I do not recommend this school at all.

    Ballard High School - Ballard Gym

    Ballard High School

    2.9(7 reviews)
    4.9 miBallard, Phinney Ridge

    Ok I'm going to balance the bad reviews with some realism. High school is rough for some and can be…read morea difficult time. However, my experience at Ballard grew me into a successful adult and the caring staff and well planned curriculum prepared me to excel at university and beyond. There will always be all sorts in high school, but Ballard did a wonderful job preparing me to be a contributing member of society. If I still lived in Seattle I would send my own kids here.

    One of Ballard's fellow students here--just thought I could pitch in my two cents about this place…read more I think it'd be good to get to know this place from a students point of view. I've been going here for two years now, currently in my Sophomore year which has been an interesting journey. I had a few first hard months when I got here because a majority of my friends had gone to Ingraham. I quickly became familiar with the building as it's pretty geometrically shaped and easy to navigate. I had no trouble finding my classes and the "pods" as they call them are very easy to find, same with the classes within this pods. The teachers though, are really a hit or miss. You either get a fantastic teacher who is willing to interact with their students and engage academically as well as socially with them--at the right time of course. Then you can wind up with someone that doesn't have any charisma or, by the looks of it, no motivation to teach at all. I imagine that there is a middle ground somewhere in there but from my experience and others, it seems to be one or the other. The admin, for the most part, are amazing. Extremely helpful and most of the time, can come to a resolution to whatever you're dealing with. My counselor, (which is curated by last name) Mr. Kramer was very helpful when I came in to talk about my classes and succeeding academically. He gave me insight into what could be best for me to do to achieve and I think it's worked out great. Even though I did have a speed bump with one of the VP's, I can still say that the admins are great. Now, it's not really my place to tell someone how this school is by the way the people are because everyone has different personal experiences, but there is one large recurring problem in this place. The drug and alcohol abuse is extremely prominent and is honestly something I hate having to deal with. I know what the adults will say; "it's high school, people will experiment." At the level it's at here, this isn't experimenting. I get when students want to try marijuana or cigarettes but I think it's well past experimentation when you have kids dealing cocaine, meth and other hardcore drugs right outside at the bus stop. Same with the buying and selling of alcohol, it can happen right in front of a faculty and they'll do nothing, at most just give the kid a slap on the wrist. The overall environment of this school is gloomy. I can have fun but at the same time it's just sad. There are classrooms with no windows and the tint of the tungsten lights can just put you to sleep. That is why I enjoy being on the second floor where windows line of the top of the hallways and let some natural light in. Anyways, thanks for reading this if you do.

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