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Saint Paul, MN 55105

Ramsey is a really fantastic school with amazing teachers. I don't find that standardized test scores give an accurate representation of what makes a school great. It's really about the teachers, their attitudes and the happiness of the kids. My kids have a ton of support from their teachers and the staff, they truly care about the students. I know my kids learn the skills they need to be good humans, not just academic all stars. Because at the end of the day, people will remember you for how you make the feel.

Randolph Heights is a great school with outstanding staff. The teachers are skilled at bringing students back up to and beyond grade level (following COVID's long roadblocks to education). The support staff is attentive and sensitive to the needs of the students. The students love Randolph Heights and its supportive community, which is always pushing them to do their best. It doesn't get any better than this. We are blessed to have Randoph Heights in our community.

Most of the teachers at Central High School are great! However, the bad teacher was the Algebra 2 Accelerated teacher. First off, have you ever played a game of slots? Algebra 2 Accelerated felt like what would happen if you lost all of your money. No matter how much time I would put in to studying, I would always fail the tests, due to bad grading. For example, there was a word problem. It asked us to construct a polynomial to illustrate the scenario. I did, correctly, in standard form. But however, when I got the test back, there was a cross out in the problem. The teacher added an x to replace the constant variable. I did not understand this because this would be missing the constant, and why wouldn’t you combine both of the degree 1 terms. As a result, I lost half of the points for that question. One other example was in another test, when we were asked to simplify a rational function. I did so successfully, but when I got the test back, it said “correct answer, wrong explanation”. I was very confused because the question did not ask for an explanation, and why would you outweigh the explanation over the answer, since this was not an English class. The final example was when we had to design a project called “Exponential Situations”. I reviewed the rubric several times, and I met all of the requirements, expecting a 14 to a 16/16. However, the grade that was given to me was a 12/16. No explanation. Just the grade. I was really confused because there was no feedback. Since it was the end of the quarter, I was unable to ask for feedback, or a grade change. A 14 to a 16/16 would have led me to getting a B that quarter, instead of a B-. It gets worse. When I was passing by her class one time, I could literally see her berating her class, and yelling at them.