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Tour Language Hours Distance Greatschool Rating API Score Type Middle school Asian White Hispanic African American 2 or more races SF Community 11/10/2014 GE 8:55-3:35 0.22 4 746 k-8 n/a 11.00% 12.00% 45.00% 11.00% 2.00% We got there 5 minutes early and was able to observe the entire school in the yard. From K/1 all the way to middle school in the back. Amazing energy. The garden in the front was very elaborate with "plant hospital", all kinds of charts(Temperature, weather, precipitation, etc.) that students are collecting, and rules written on the wall (reminded us of the Berkeley Adventure Playground that we so loved) A Pizza Oven!  Then we watched the K/1 kids lined up, sang their "Monday" song, waved to their parents and walked into the building when school day began.  We toured two K/1 classes, one 2/3 class, one 4/5 class, two 6/7 classes. Students seemed very engaged throughout the grade, they were involved in every process/tran

Tour Language Hours Distance Greatschool Rating API Score Type Middle school Asian White Hispanic African American 2 or more races Starr King 11/4/2014 Mandarin 8:40-2:40 2.75 6 812 k-5 Aptos 27.00% 19.00% 18.00% 17.00% 7.00% Starr King has been on the top of my list since the beginning. After the disappointment at Jose Ortega. I was dreading that we would not like Starr King either. In the moment of panic, i signed up for a lot more tours just to cast our net wider. Turned out all my worries were unfounded. We loved Starr King!  So relieved. The location is convenient. Google navigation was a little strange and led us up the hwy 101 for half a mile and then told us to get off at Cesar Chaves, while we could have just taken Alemany then Bayshore, would have been a lot more straight forward. Tons of parking around the school, panoramic view around the bay and the ocean. We loved the parents who led the tour, they were down to earth and sincere. they made us feel like we cou

Tour Language Hours Distance Greatschool Rating API Score Type Middle school Asian White Hispanic African American 2 or more races Glen Park 10/28/2014 GE 8:40-2:40PM 0.47 2 719 k-5 James Lick 6.00% 13.00% 52.00% 16.00% 5.00% Tuition Monthly CAIS 10/30/2014 Mandarin 8-6(?) $24,284 $2,428 k-8 n/a 39% 19% 1% 1% 41% Glen Park 10-28-2014 - LOVED its location, one block from Glen Park Bart Station (Also my shuttle stop), i started envisioning myself walking him to school then go catch my shuttle or pick him up after i get off shuttle. - Loved the old big building with lots of natural lights coming through big windows, high ceiling, spacious classrooms. Huge outdoor play area. that's pretty much the end of the good things about Glen Park - The class make up from K to 5th grade are mostly Latino and Black students. I didn't see one single asian face - the teachers seem a lot lower quality than what we saw at Monroe/Jose/Sunnyside, reminds me of 街道老大妈 in beijing - the sc

Tour Language Hours Distance Greatschool Rating API Score Type Middle school Asian White Hispanic African American 2 or more races Monroe 10/2/2014 Spanish 8:25-2:30 0.34 5 806 k-5 Hoover 33.00% 7.00% 52.00% 3.00% 2.00% Sunnyside 10/14/2014 GE 8:40-2:40 0.72 7 862 k-5 Denman 13.00% 37.00% 27.00% 4.00% 7.00% Jose Ortega 10/22/2014 Mandarin 7:50-1:50 1.78 7 857 k-5 Aptos 38.00% 14.00% 15.00% 13.00% 8.00% Monroe 10-2-2014 - Neighborhood/community feel. - demographic seems very white (latino?) - small outdoor spaces, small classrooms (in hindsight) - Spanish immersion seems more fun than the GE, cantonese speaking kids are grouped into english learners, quieter. homely looking. －tour guide is a Japanese American dad, who used to teach in SFUSD, wife is caucasian, their son is happy at Monroe Spanish immersion - students seem pretty happy, active, high energy - principle is male, seems approachable yet with authority - ~15 parents on tour, half are latino, we are the only asi