Great school with an even better community. All of the staff are wonderful people who genuinely…read morecare about the betterment of their students. I only wish I had as much exposure/knowledge about colleges and the application process that these students get!

Hello, I am a former student (I prefer to stay anonymous). I hated every second of being in this…read moreschool. The principal manipulates, gaslights, grooms, and does not have any compassion toward the students. The staff are very bleak (rather, the Spanish, art, and science teachers are the only teachers there who were nice and connected with students.) I did not have a good experience at this school whatsoever. If they think someone is too "different," they will expel them quickly. Do NOT send your child here. I was struggling with mental health when I entered the school, and I left with emotional trauma from the principal, Ms. Davison. I had a therapist who needed to speak to her because of what she had been saying to me, and she completely ignored them. This school says they offer AP and Honors classes, when that is completely untrue. They also claim they have PE and extracurricular sports, but the only thing they have is volleyball after school, and no PE except for the middle schoolers. The principal will call anyone and everyone "unstable" if they cry, and will call them "dramatic." I was going through a very rough time regarding the passing of a family member, and when I cried, Ms. Davison told me I was dramatic and told me to stop causing a scene. I was being quiet -- I didn't even make it obvious I was upset; my friends just hugged me. She then called my father and told him I needed to be admitted to a psychiatric facility. There have been multiple cases where she will "fix" students' uniforms by sticking her finger down the girls' shirts and pulling them up. I find that very inappropriate. No one should be putting their hands on kids 13-17 years old. Ms. Davison asks extremely uncomfortable questions about our bodies. She should NOT be doing this. She will also talk about students to other students and their families, and then proceed to lie about it. I hope this school gets shut down. Thank you. --Classes of 2030, 2029, 2028, 2027

I wish we live in a different district. But we do not. The staff withholds information from…read moreparents. So glad my kid is done going here in a week.

Behind the school, there's several acres of flood plane. They've converted it to baseball diamonds…read moreand soccer field. After school and when no events are going on, the locals hit it up and it becomes a kind of informal dog walking area. It's fully fenced. Not school property. It's adjacent to school property. But it's actually city property because of the flood thing. A great little find for you if you have puppies and want to meet others and socialize.

This summer I returned to visit Strawberry Elementary School with fond amazement: Teachers take…read morestudents on trips to Washington D.C. The science classes are insightful, intellectual, not like anything I have ever seen in New York City, Las Vegas or Santa Barbara, California. How amazing is this treasure in Sonoma County! Each class was as academic as a museum. The teachers specialize by constantly training. They are literally finding new ways to make the students brighter. Brilliance seems to follow every student as the teachers work so hard preparing new ways for them to learn. I interview them. I sat down with international visitors. We watched them prepare to make the students smarter. The teachers I met had students that went on to graduate at Harvard University and Stanford University. In Santa Rosa, they prepare young, and find themselves ready for the best university on the planet. The academic interest in the students progress is extraordinary. The teachers get the parents energized. I began decades ago with the first students when the school opened. The irony is I remember when the builders were developing the school from the ground up because the houses in the area where as new as the building of Strawberry. We played soccer in a lake of mud nearly forty years ago. Now the grass is fresh, green and lively. As children years ago, we were going to Bennett Valley and Yulupa before Strawberry opened for business. Later I won the Bennett Valley Teachers Award thanks to the excellent leadership of my teacher, role models, because they were the adults I knew as my father was sick with cancer and my mother worked full time as far away as Marinwood near San Rafael. I say that the teachers of Strawberry allowed me to succeed because the events, awards, the care they gave me led to the confidence that helped me in career today. I see that the teachers are even better now with their increased technology, new text books and the trips like that one to Washington D.C. How extraordinary!

Great school, despite the negative talk about it. No one seemed bothered by it or got bullied when…read moreI went there. Would reccomend.

I only lasted one day here. During break people vape in the bathrooms and people talk about party's…read morewith beers and stuff. Each and every one of the teachers explained that during class they lock down the bathrooms during class because people will skip class and just vape. If you had to go to the bathroom you would be escorted by the principal and the principal will wait in front of your stall. They don't even have and school officers because they refuse to pay for them. I heard from someone that a person threatened them with a pocket knife during school and pushed it up against their side and made them sit next to them the whole day. Everyone there judges you and they give you dirty looks. %75 of people there have/do drugs. About a month after I left I heard on the news that a kid brought a knife to school and charged another kid with it. When I was there for only like a day I felt scared and would rather be in jail for a day. I went the next day and didn't even last half the day. I faked being sick and left. I never went back ever again.

We transferred my 6th grader from public school to CCLS during the pandemic so she could do…read morein-person learning (IEP wasn't being met with public school distance learning). She ADORES her teacher and is thriving at this school. She loves it so much we also registered our 2nd grader for next year & will continue to drive from Windsor for another year. The older kids do cooking & gardening, which she loves & I love how happy she is there. Class sizes are very small, so each kid can get the individual attention they may need.

We have had our son at this great school since he was 3 years old. We had not originally planned on…read morekeeping him in private school but were so impressed with the program and all the teachers we have kept him here. Such a small, loving and safe environment. We love having him at Cross and Crown. Great academics, alot of fun extracurriculars as well as learning about Christ.

Two stars for communication as a parent to a teacher, assistant principal, principal, coaches…read morecommunication is just pathetic!!!!!! So this is not the only reason they're getting one star we just sat through a two hour senior ceremony as they sent my son a letter saying he was going to get an award for something after two hours of sitting in the hot humid gym with all his friends there was no award obviously a miscommunication but I am steaming mad my son is hurt and embarrassed sitting with his friends for two hours as they all receive awards and he gets nothing thanks a lot staff!!!! Just imagine this is your kid they had really tried hard his last year as a senior and got very good grades really excelled and proved himself was all excited he was going to be sitting with his friends receiving an award for all his accomplishments and his name was not called put yourself in my shoes I think you'll be pretty pissed off too! Thank God he is done here! shame on you Montgomery high school staff. So the other part was we bought our son a car and a few weeks later somebody had backed into at Montgomery high school parking Over $5000 worth of damage when I went to the school to ask them if they had video they said "we don't think so?" I said "well can you check please this is a hit-and-run on your property" and three weeks later they said "I don't think we can find it we don't think our cameras go back that far into the parking lot" thanks for nothing & thanks for your concern not once did anybody say they were sorry.

I highly applaud the professionalism and dedication of the athletic department, especially with…read morerespect to the basketball coaches. It is unbelievable how much time these coaches volunteer during the week and one the weekends. And these coaches are amazing mentors to the players. And I want to say a special thanks to Coach Mathis for all that he has done for my son. Simply cannot cannot say how wonderful these coaches are to the players and how important they are to the community. We are truly blessed.

I loved this school, senior year here made a large impact on my life. I met so many great people…read moreand even lost my virginity to my science teacher Mrs. ________. I recommend this school to take your children.

I have called the High School on several occasions, no one answers and no voicemail options. I went…read morein left a written message and no return call. Kind of makes you wonder why?

My child attended The Bridge School for almost three years and is now thriving socially and…read moreacademically in Kindergarten. Julie and her team truly care about the kids. If we ever had a question, it was always addressed promptly and thoroughly. We are so thankful for the wonderful foundation The Bridge School built for our child and would highly recommend it to other parents.

The Bridge School has been a dream come true! Our daughter started there when she was 2 years old,…read moreand has loved every single second of her 3 years there. They do math, science, ART, music, stories, and play play play!! (She has learned so much, we are worried she will be bored in elementary school...) We tell everyone we know that they need to send their little ones to Bridge School. Now our girl is 5 and headed to kindergarten, and we are SO sad we have to leave the warm nest of Bridge School and the loving teachers!!

I didn't do MY homework and research this school enough…read more I had the wrong idea that this was the academic pinnacle for bright students. There are some decent teachers here, but overall, the school is not very impressive. Coming from a Charter School that engaged the whole student, I find Willowside to be lacking in both teaching skill and substance. An example of the lack of ingenuity....the 6th grade got dressed up as cavemen. Really? Cavemen? Dressed up? Caveman dancing????? Why not do a project that actually involves thinking, growing, developing? There is a lot of mock learning here, filling student's head with tidbits of information and having them regurgitate. For all the emphasis the principal put on getting into this school and star testing scores, my daughters numbers dropped more than a bit after her first year in this school. Overall......nothing innovative. If your ideal of a good school is to give students a TON of HOMEWORK (especially 7th grade), meaningless projects, all in all not teaching them to learn and question, this school might be for you. The advanced math program is more than decent. Both secretaries, especially Sophia, are excellent, kind, friendly, and helpful.

My daughter went here and she felt challenged enough. Also her star scores were about the same, and…read morelet me tell you she is a straight A student. She still gets advanced on her star tests and a lot of students have improved here, but now they do Common Core testing here. The school supports interactive and hands on learning with their Renaissance Faire, and Common Core supports that. This school was doing most things the Common Core way before there was Common Core. So now they don't really have to change most of their curriculum because its already Common Core based. Some of the projects are a tad bit odd and the teachers should really change the question they ask for the projects as they can be confusing. Also homework has its pros such as time management and getting you ready for high school and college Charter schools give more homework then regular schools, but this school doesn't have a lot of homework if your child pays attention in class like I mentioned before. The advanced math program is great. The 7th grade teacher teaches Singapore math along with state standards. Also the math teachers are already teaching the way Common Core want them to so they cannot be that bad. The school has some faults yet overall its better than some middle schools here. Overall I suggest you send your kids here because they have a small student population so teachers can work with all the students, interactive and hands on learning, enough homework to prepare your kids for high school and college, Common Core based learning, and great teachers.