Crittenden Middle School

Crittenden Middle School is a joke, I attended there back in 2002 – 2004 and the admins there aren’t the most professional people there and certainly don’t know how to be responsible or own up to their actions, I was suspended for bringing a pocket knife to school on accident after a camping trip which I can agree was a right decision on their part and then was forced to do community service at the school during the summer and one day I showed up to work and the Vice principal Ms Charrette told me to just drop my bike and start working, half way through the day I noticed my bike was gone and stopped working to look for it, she told me to find it later and keep working. I told her no and she finally started to help me look for my bike which ended up being stolen. She denied any responsibility about my bike being stolen during her supervision and that the school wouldn’t take responsibility for its lack of supervision for a kid doing community service. My last year there I was pretty much a target because of all that and they did anything they could to give me referrals or detention. Again this school is a joke and they don’t do the best background checks on their teachers as well since their PE teacher was a pedophile and would take girls out to lunch and the admin tried to cover it up but he was caught and arrested.

Our experiences here at the school as parents and with the children have been nothing but positive so far. The teachers here are great and the Principal has a vision and knows how to lead this school. My children are excelling academically and socially here and the teachers are really motivated in helping your child learn and get the best middle school education they deserve.
I don’t work here nor was I paid to write this review, but just to make some common justice here and balance everything out the right way, the school deserves more than the paltry 3-​star from the first review. I have to agree with the 1-​star review here as the secretary can be quite rude as described. Beyond that, the attitude of the one person at the front office does not reflect the rest of the faculty at all.

My son attended this school in 2012 – 2013. It was not a good experience.
I was shocked at how rude and condescending school secretary Carol Sawyer was.
I remember one particular incident when the school officials had no idea where my son was when I came to pick him up after school. Carol expressed no empathy and never bothered to apologize, even though my son was detained by one of the school teachers after class. The teacher failed to notify anyone that he had a student in his classroom, after the class ended.
Also, math teacher Agnes Kaiser appeared to be completely indifferent to her professional field. It seems as if she is there to just collect the paycheck.
My son recalls the time when his phone battery died and the phone made a sound; before he knew the teacher demanded to hand the phone to her. He complied. A few weeks later during a math test another student’s phone bipped indicating that a text message arrived. Ms Kaiser simply said «shut the phone off and put it away.» An early lesson for my son of how individuals in life are not treated the same!
There were good teachers too, but I think both myself and my son were so disheartened by numerous negative experiences at this school, that when there was an opportunity to move to a different area and attend Sunnyvale school, we made a quick move and now my son is doing much better and getting the support he so needed.
This school is a personification of tax payers money wasted!

This review is based on Crittenden Middle School/​Park.
School grounds are closed to visitors during school hours.
I took micro Mamba the Wonder Dog to Crittenden earlier this evening to romp and frolic in the vast open fields. On leash of course… always on leash. Crittenden School/​Park is a great place to walk a large dog.
Park features include the following:
Large open field that is used for Mountain View organized sports.
Soccer fields
Lighted baseball/​softball field (younger players)
Lighted baseball field (older players)
Basketball courts
No water fountains
No doggie poop bags
This is a great place to take your dog for a walk but you will have to maneuver around the kids playing on the fields as long is they are out practicing and not playing a legal game.