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425 Barneson Ave.

San Mateo, CA 94402

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San Mateo-Foster City School District

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Posted April 13, 2011

A sixth grader here at Borel I feel that the teachers are EXCELLENT! All my siblings have gone to Borel and all say the same thing about the teachers. I'm extremely happy here. The principal truly cares and goes from class to class seeing that all is good. The new music teacher is excellent the music program is challenging and fun. Borel is an I.B. school and I am extremely happy here. Borel is an AMAZING school.

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Posted March 25, 2011

The principal, John Cosmos, is an amazing leader and an amazing human being. He runs the school better than any principal I have ever met. When you come to him with any issue at all he listens and is very responsive. The teachers my child has this year are top notch. We are very happy. M. Aronoff
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Posted May 3, 2010

yay love dis school were not the smartest but were improving much better than last year (813) by the way iam a 7th grader at borel middle school!!!peace
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Posted May 2, 2010

I am a seventh grader at this Borel. I think the school is great for the developing middle schooler because of its diversity and supportive staff. The music program is phenomenal and the after-school activities are very popular. In terms of academics, I feel that students who are better learners need to be challenged more. I am in Algebra this year, but in sixth grade everyone was put into the same class and I felt like I was not learning to my full capacity. However, the teachers work hard to help each individual child. Overall, Borel is a wonderful school.
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RealTeacher43 February 5, 2012
No. I have heard of teachers setting up FB pages on areas of study so students can use technology as a learning tool. All posts are public and private messages are disabled. I won't even friend former students. I do it as a rule-no hurt feelings.
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disgruntled2 January 31, 2012
No! As an educator, I don't want to be held responsible for what students are doing outside of the classroom.
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GwenAmos January 27, 2012
Absolutely not. Most schools offer the homework question site through the school system. They do not need to be "friends" with their students through social networking sites.
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