To quote TG's review, "Please stop hiring Benicia residents for teachers/staff; all they do is gossip about other kids and their families, sad but true."
After observing this firsthand for decades, I can confirm that TG is 100% correct.
I might add that this gossiping extends to other teachers on staff who don't belong to their "club." The teacher you described is only a symptom of a much bigger problem that will continue. Complaining about this to the principal is a waste of time because she is part of the same problem!
This is a school where the principals and most staff have always been tribal, (and most likely always will be), catty, arrogant, self-righteous, and closed-mindedly "religious." They will laugh at your complaints because their mindset and behavior have been normalized over many years, and they are incapable of seeing there is a problem.
If you are forced to send your kids to a Benicia school, and want them to experience the real world, send them to Robert Semple, where elitism is almost nonexistent. Mary Farmar operates like a Trumpian society. read more