Emerson School

This school is not Montessori accredited They do not follow the Montessori philosophy of inclusion, but pretend to while actively discriminating against disabled children and their families. Children of their bigger financial backers are allowed free reign to bully, adding to the toxic, exclusionary culture. A very expensive school that runs as a tax write-off for a local, far right attorney, whose influence is felt at all levels.

This is a great school until your child gets to 5th and 6th grade. 5th and 6th grade teachers (except for Ms. C) are absolutely terrible.

**Not safe for disabled children. The principle is a bully and uses an SRO to intimidate vulnerable children as well.

This school has changed principals recently. The new principal is still getting his legs after following a very good principal. You have to be careful about who your child gets as a teacher. Some are very good and some just do not seem like they really want to be teachers. Some parents really like this school while others do not and I think that really depends upon who your child gets as a teacher. They are a very punitive school using punishment rather then rewards as encouragement from my perspective.

Whittier faculty are the best! My son has some special needs and the school has come together to make sure that all of his needs are being met!

You could not ask for a better school. Mr Kissel is amazing he knows the students and parents by name. The teachers have the students at the top of their lists. The staff are always pleasent and helpful. All of my children have attended west and loved it. I cant say enough about the experience that my child have had at west.

We are new to the school this year, we came from a similar setting with our previous private school so we were excited when we found out that the size of schools and the denomination were very similar. However, the school in Butte leaves much to be desired, It's my personal opinion that the school is more like a smaller version of public school with harder curriculum. The teachers work hard for little pay, and most seem to want students to be successful, however the administration leaves much to be desired. I have even had a complaint from my 8th grader that the Principal has used profanity. Anytime I have had personal contact with her she reacts like a teen with little thought to what is actually coming out of her mouth. This has been an overall disappointing experience for both me and my children. If you are not catholic, and you do not care if your children are sheltered from things like profanity, curse words or risque clothing then by all means send your children to this school. Otherwise move somewhere else. The financial guys definitely deserve some kudos though as they have been amazing to work with, are professional and always follow-up.