Longfellow Elementary School

These reviews are based on those who attended the school years ago and not one is about today’s generation.
My little brother is currently in 2^nd grade and is in Mrs. Sarrafino’s class. (I believe i misspelled her name) The school for the past few months have been underconstruction but is now slowly finishing. A week or two ago the construction workers have blocked off all parking that surrounds the front of the school. It’s hard enough for us to find parking when its time to pick up the little ones, but now it got even worse. I park usually 2 – 3 blocks away since their back gate that leads to their school yard is already infested with parents who double park.
This school separated kids by ethnicity so that they are able to learn more about their culture and what not. I’ve noticed classes that are majority asian, latino, and filipino. Ms. Sarrafino’s curriculum is standard, yet she teaches tagalog to her students. My family’s dialect is Visaya, so for my brother to learn tagalog is a big step! I don’t have a problem with this school since my brother’s past teachers are the sweetest, but the parking and limited space to drive around is horrible.

I agree with other Unilocalers. I started my 3^rd grade here back in 87. The teacher I had was Mrs. Corvino I think. She was a nice teacher, really made me feel confortable at school since I had come from another elementary. I made friends pretty quick, by 4^th grade I had my friends etc. the only thing I didn’t like were my 4^th and 5^th grade teachers. They were so racist, especially my 5^th grade teacher.

i went to this elementary school when i was a kid, and i can tell you, expectations have dropped. this used to be one of the best elementary schools in sf. now my cousin goes there, and i know how the place runs now. they’re really really unorganized, and there’s tons of unexperienced teachers.

Some of the teachers here were really good, but for the most part they were rude and really were mean to students. I remember having this kindergardener and my third grade teacher constantly pick on certain students. I was one of them :(I really liked my fourth grade and first grade teachers they were the best Mrs. Sharp and Mr. Mcclinn I hated the rest of the teachers i had or I thought they were just ok.

My daughter went through 2 schools in her first grade, because she was on the waiting list for Longfellow. She was finally accepted to Longfellow in her mid-​year 1^st grade, and I reluctantly pulled her in fear that she would lose her spot. Since then, she’s been at Longfellow and she’ll be graduating 5^th grade next week. I wanted her to attend this school, because my husband was also a student.
I feel bad for saying this about a school … I am SO happy that she’s finally leaving this school. Some of the teachers she’s had … two of them were outstanding, but some have bad attitude. Come on! The school is overpopulated, which I’m sure that most in the bay area are given the budget cuts. The location of the school sucks; there’s no parking except for the driveways of the houses across the street. Honors/​recognition for the kids that over achieve, or at least achieve? None.
The San Francisco School district allows you to select any school in San Francisco, which explains it all. Trust me, I’ve done my homework with the other schools. My recommendation: send your kid to a private school or move.