Howard Burnham Elementary

"If your child has learning disabilities like adhd, the principal will find a way to get your child removed. My son has been called violent by the principal for acting impulsive, 1 more incident and he will be expelled.While two of my kids are in school , the one with learning disability is marked with excessive tardiness while the other isn't. Mind you , I don't drop off my kids separately at school, so it doesn't make sense that he has excessive tardiness while other doesn't. With this he maybe denied of enrollment next school year. It's one thing after another which led to believe that the school doesn't have passion for teaching really, just anything they can show on paper to keep those public funds coming."

"I'm afraid(concerned) that the core curriculum is more advanced for age compared to other schools. For instance in first grade, they started the year with greater/less than concepts (math). They started with the hardest concepts. Also they didn't do any review from kindergarten (reading), they jumped immediately to comprehension passages from about 3 paragraphs. I like the fact that they leave homework everyday. But In my personal opinion, they seems to leave the more difficult stuff for homework."

"Took my son to school here, he was diagnosed with adhd and they were trying to force me to medicate him, not only that but when he was getting bullied, the school defended the bully and kicked my son out. I asked to talk with the principal and she NEVER returned my calls."

"Both my children attended Da Vinci and I couldn't have asked for a better education for them. Mr. Shetty is a great administrator; a really good person that goes above and beyond to help students and parents."

"I was there for kindergarten through 4th grade and it was a really good elementary school. I don't know what happened to Da Vinci though. I've been at Da Vinci since 5th grade(when they used to have it there) till now, 8th grade, and I don't like it there."