Highland Elementary School

101 2nd Street

School District

Weld County No. Re-9
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:16
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 27, 2023

Absolutely awful school with even worse staff. It's essentially a lawless land with children who run completely free to do as they please. Constant bullying and inappropriate behavior through the entire school and staff neglects to do anything about it except "investigate" which results in nothing being done.
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2023

My child will not be attending this school ever again. My son went here for 3 months before pulling him out and homeschooling. There where SEVERAL instances of inappropriate behavior between kids in his class (kindergarten). No one was notified. Yet, teachers knew. My son opened up to me about bad things happening on the playground. I brought it up to the principal and she did nothing about it. He completely regressed in his learning during his time there. Please do not send your children there. I regret ever trusting them with my child.
Submitted by parent on January 26, 2023

We are running far and fast away from Highland Elementary, my child has shown considerable regression since attending this school.
Submitted by parent on August 02, 2018

My boys attended Highland Elementary for the first time in 2017. It took me almost a full year to figure out the culture. The principle wants to take control of every situation. Therefore, every small problem that happens in the classroom is not handled by the teacher and is instead sent to the principles office. This takes the power and authority away from the teachers. There is disruptive behavior, no respect for authority or for peers, and poor consequences for these children! The consequences are often taking recess away from the child or discussing your behavior with the principle. The principle does not give equal punishment to each child. Instead of having them sit in her office, make these kids clean the baseboards, clean out the trash cans, or do other dirty work that will make them not want to misbehave again. This school NEEDS better leadership!
Submitted by parent on March 09, 2017

My daughter entered kindergarten here excited to begin school. She has always loved learning and is very bright. We soon found out that she was destined to fail at this school. They focus, almost exclusively, on reading and writing. In kindergarten here, the child will fail at writing if their letters aren't perfect. My child can't seem to hold still, so we have been giving her medication to help her be calm- she still isn't calm enough so yet another dr. appointment to up her dosage. Perhaps if she had a hands on curriculum? Or Project-Based? I'll tell you what she does get, red notes sent home if she talks too much, recess taken away when she can't sit still, and the books she used to LOVE to try and read, she avoids. There is so much more to education than perfect marks on paper- we are taking our child out of this school district before the love of learning is disciplined out of her.
Submitted by parent on November 11, 2014

My son is in Kindergarten and we love everything about this school and this district! It has a very genuine, loving, small town school vibe and the principal is one of the kindest people we have met! The teachers are wonderful and go above and beyond. The kids take art, Spanish, P.E., music, and computer classes too! Also, they have a recreation league that kids of ALL ages (even Kindergarten) can participate in!