Where Manual Labor Is the Price of Academic Excellence
Parental involvement has helped Miraloma Elementary School boost its test scores and its reputation
By SCOTT JAMES on September 30, 2010 - 9:00 p.m. PDT
Miraloma Elementary School
For parents at Miraloma Elementary School in San Francisco, the quest for academic achievement means getting their hands dirty.
On a cold, foggy Wednesday morning recently, seven parents huddled around an outdoor table scrubbing stalks of organic celery for snack time. They had just finished cleaning and portioning a