Hanover Hills Elementary

7030 Banbury Drive

School District

Howard County Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on December 13, 2024

This school was the worst experience ever! Inconsistent IEP and teachers not concerned about the child’s progress. Not a great place to be especially if your seeking special education support..
Submitted by parent on August 27, 2024

The teachers are wonderful, Ms. Kanter (new VP) and the guidance counselors are great. Mr. Todd is a figurehead. Doesn’t answer parents emails, doesn’t participate in problem solving. The school would be in better shape with Ms. Kanter in the Principal’s chair.
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2024

Overcrowded and Overwhelmed. My daughter struggled to keep up in a chaotic classroom with 30+ students and one teacher. She received little support, hindering her learning progress. As a parent, I felt disconnected from her education due to infrequent communication and a lack of guidance on providing essential supplies.
Submitted by parent on June 11, 2024

My children have had the absolute worse experience at this school. Being constantly bullied and threatened and the principal does absolutely nothing about it, there is absolutely no communication from him whatsoever. My daughter is afraid to go to school and he brushes her concerns under the rug as if it's no big deal. With every incident that has occurred which involved my kids being bullied and hit by this child, the principal never calls me to inform me, I have to find out through my kids when they come home upset. He excuses the child doing the bullying by saying "his dad isn't in the picture". That is no excuse to allow this type of behavior. I'm so disappointed with our experience at Hanover Hills. As a parent, I have never felt so unheard about my constant worries for my children's safety.
Submitted by parent on April 12, 2024

Having lived in Howard County since 2017, this was a newly built Elementary school for Howard County. My son went here for 4th and 5th and my daughter has been here since Kindergarten and will be finishing up 3rd grade this year. I really like Hanover Hills because the teachers and Principal really care about the students and the community. They offer opportunities to sign your children up for different after-school activities. They offer support for those that are falling behind due to the pandemic and starting school online in a virtual environment. The teachers are very responsive to emails. The counselors and nurses keep you informed of anything that is brought to their attention. Haven't had too many issues. On most days, my daughter comes home happy. It really comes down to the child. If they are motivated to do their work and can stay focused on learning, they will strive here. They don't give a ton of homework as they expect kids to finish the work during class but if they don't they have the opportunity to finish it at home. Most of the teachers do a great job of posting the lessons and material they are teaching. Resources for parents are also available on Canvas platform.
Submitted by parent on March 20, 2024

My Daughter has attended since 2021. This school has been wonderful to our family. I couldn’t see her anywhere else.
Submitted by parent on August 22, 2023

Lots of great community activities for parents and families. They keep us informed with what is happening at the school & with our children. Very new, nice building and the teachers are the here because of the great HoCo educational ranking. Go Huskies!!
Submitted by parent on August 07, 2023

My Twins go to this school and am very much excited to send them to Pre K4.
Submitted by other on September 24, 2022

I went to this school ever since it opened in 2018 until this year in 2022 when I graduated 5th grade, I have to say this was not a pleasant experience. The teachers were kind of rude and they yelled at us all they time for no reason. I will not list the recess monitors name for privacy purposes but a recess monitor had grabbed my arm for no reason while I was talking to my friend and the vice principal had saw the camera footage and did not do anything about it! No warning to the monitor or nothing. I was basically in the Guidance counselors office at least 2 times a WEEK because of how the teachers treat the students. Honestly, they could have done better with staffing.
Submitted by parent on September 09, 2022

Hanover Hills ES has worked out very nicely for our child. He is properly placed to learn at his individual level, and really enjoys going. All of the staff has been incredibly friendly, and the teachers communicate with us AT LEAST on a weekly basis. Overall, our child is learning and enjoying school...What more can you ask?
Submitted by parent on June 04, 2022

When my son went to school one day, he told me that one of the teachers took something of his which he worked very hard to work on. They never gave it back and he was very sad. He also told me that the teachers were very mean and rude. He said that he did not like the school at all. I do not recommend this school because of what I have heard.
Submitted by parent on June 02, 2022

Our experience has been Kindergarten and First Grade. We feel the school can do better in communicating with parents. Teachers, while seemingly patient and good intentioned, have no time and make no effort to have meetings with the parents (in our experience). We have to reach out via email to attempt to determine progress academically and how things are socially (we appreciate a discussion, not just an uploaded report card with notes). Sometimes (once or twice) we receive a call/reply to our emails, other times it seems like the effort is bothersome and unwanted. Dare we try to be informed, I suppose. The motto they seem to emphasize daily is to be “bold, ambitious, respectful, and kind” - and lately there have been a few days this year where my student doesn’t want to attend school due to “bullying” by other kids and a lack of acknowledgement from the staff. Like they’re too busy or don’t want to hear complaints when the student attempts to speak up for themselves. At least that’s what I draw based on what I’m told. My 1st grader now says she doesn’t trust telling the adults how she feels because they don’t do anything to help. That’s pretty unfortunate. The good side is the building is new. The PTA activity clubs for students are nice (but would be great if offered year-round). The ability to check out media books is also nice. The K & 1st grade teachers my student is assigned (aside from some seeming very busy, stretched thin, and zero office hours) have been good.I hope other parents/students can share their great (or not great?) experiences at HHES. With improved communication, quality learning materials, and teachers that receive the necessary supports, I think this school can be rated 8 and 9/10. For us, right now, it’s a 6ish.