3200 Vance Street
Wheat Ridge, CO 80033

This school is just horrible. Test scores are low because teachers and kids aren't trying their hardest. The teachers and staff are nice but they don't do a thing about bullying. Kids are getting bullied, assaulted and jumped everyday and the staff just turns a blind eye about it. People skip class everyday and that goes to show about how much staff and the child themself cares about their education. People skip class so much that there are only 2 hall passes a day for 3 minutes or less. Passing periods are only 3 minutes too. The academic scores are low and kids simply do not pay attention to what they are learning so the teachers that they will have next year will have a hard time with it because that student is so far behind. Not to mention on how foul everyone's language is. People cuss out the staff all of the time and nobody does a thing about it. Kids aren't allowed to bring their backpacks to class to they have to carry everything they need all day too. Just an awful school. Do not attend this school and if you do, I am praying for you and your family.

Teachers are okay some of them you just feel bad for the head staff the admin are just rude they don't care they want to pick a fight over anything they just ramble about anything they have bigger problems to be worried about then the ones they should be one time 9th grade I was walking to class with my friend and the principal called us dumb and dumber who says that .? But they want to make you feel like the worst person they can be.

Stevens used to be a great school. It was a GT center, and had a great culture. In more recent years, the GT focus has been all but abandoned, and gifted children rarely seem to have enrichment let alone ALP focus. Math is a joke. Some classrooms are so loud a lot of the time and focused on the ASD center kids that it’s detrimental to ALL students. Violence seems to now be almost daily rather than rare. Children are at risk from other children in their classrooms. They are at risk on the playgrounds. They are at risk, from their peers. And no one cares- because the kids that are responsible matter more than the kids they hurt. When do their rights end and the other kids rights begin? Where is the balance? All children should be able to learn and have an opportunity to thrive, and they shouldn’t have to constantly not have those opportunities in order for other kids to have theirs. They shouldn’t have to always be waiting for another meltdown or wondering if they’ll get hurt or friends will. It’s just not fair. It’s not an environment that’s conducive to learning. Sometimes, it’s traumatic. Stevens is a school that now wants to claim too many things, and needs to pick one. Be a GT center, or an ASD center. Diversity in the student body is a beautiful thing, but when the needs of a few outweigh the needs of the rest, habitually- that student body as a whole is no longer served. Stevens office staff is amazing. The support staff are amazing. Social workers, nurses, paras, health aid- even the janitorial staff and maintenance- all great. There are some awesome teachers that haven’t fled yet. A lot of the staff here genuinely care about the students. They know them by name, they know who might need more food at home or a hug, they know the kid’s interests, their families, etc. Stevens is incredibly lucky to have most of the staff they have. Administrators need to open their eyes, and figure out a better way forward. They need to leave their offices and see what’s happening in classrooms- and imagine for a moment being a young child trying to learn to read with someone having a full blown meltdown next to you or throwing furniture across the room. All the time. They need to see what their teachers and other staff see, and ask how to support them better (psssttt I bet it’s not with baked potato or taco bars). Do better.