Alma Robinson

Review of The urban school of san franci...

This is truly an amazing institution. If I could g...

This is truly an amazing institution. If I could go to high school again, I'd choose Urban. The community is awesome, and everyone truly cares about the development of all of the students, celebrates their unique gifts and encourages them to measure themselves, not against each other, but against their own potential. What a concept! Learning through service is not a check-off, but a gift to each young person to find his or her own way to contribute to solving problems in our community. It was our privilege to have two sons at Urban at the same time. For one glorious year, they were 40% of the starting basketball squad, and that interest has lasted. But they also found the passions that drove them through college and beyond--our oldest son is the dean of students and teaches special education at a middle school in Brooklyn and his brother is a resident in surgery at UCSF. I wish we could take a dose of the Urban magic and spread it to every high school -- public and private -- in San Francisco. Imagine what our city could become....