3912 Highlawn Ave SE
Warren, OH 44484

I have been a student here at howland since second grade. I have been bullied by some of the staff and teachers. In the middle school bulling is the worst and caused me trauma and depression. I was a little bigger than most of the kids and got called names for being a little bigger. The teachers were mostly kind and caring but the students on the other hand were not. I started to have an eating disorder and lost an unhealthy amount of weight in about 2 mounths. I had lost about 60lbs and had to see a doctor. When I got to the high school at least %80 of the kids smoked and were always in the restroom. Now that I am an upperclassman I have seen it get worse over the years. I no longer get bullied but a majority of the kids who can’t afford designer clothing or sneakers, or kids with a disability, or kids at certain sizes do get made fun of and it’s terrible. Whenever I try to report something to the vice principal/principal nothing ever gets done. Some of the teachers have favorites and especially if they are athletic. Kids who are athletic at this school don’t ever get introuble but they are the ones who bully others. I have also realized that some of the teachers will help you try to bring your grades up by giving you extra bonus work, which is great! But some of the teachers leave it for you to figure it out yourself. The cafeteria food is also usually cold and gross. I like howland but they need to do more about the problems this school/ schools have. It is a nice school but it could do better.

the commutiy is great and the princlble is really nice everyone is nice/kind the school is clean and nice

This learning facility is the result of its leadership. You can say the same of most any school. Unfortunately, with this one, the foundation is a person who believes an in school education to be more important than any other facet of one’s existence. As long as a teacher or other staff member is present, it does not matter what kind of human being they are. Want to ruin someone’s day with a snarky comment? Nobody will bat an eye here. Disrespect community members? You might get a high five when they walk away. The point is that the people in this building behave like cretins and treat others as subhuman because that is that is the leadership they are exemplifying. If a leader displays kindness, compassion, respect, integrity… little will need to be said in order to have the other employees displaying similar strength of character. Baseness and egotism tend to go hand in hand. This place has so much potential. Some great educators trapped in this cesspool.

This school does not support neruodivergent students. Made my son feel like an outcast and instead of helping him and encouraging him they would just send him home everyday. My son, who was in 1st grade at the time, would state anytime he went to school it made him feel like he didn't want to be alive anymore... A FIRST GRADER! The school kept denying me an IEP meeting until I decided to unenroll my son, then they suddenly wanted to try and get an IEP. The principal seemed to be unphased when I informed him his school and his methods made a 7 year old not want to be alive anymore. Switching school districts was the best thing I could have done for my son. He just finished 2nd grade in a school who loves him supports him and encourages him. I would not recommend this school to anyone with neruodivergent children.