4344 W Hemsley Ln
Herriman, UT 84096

I’ve given Bluffdale a good chance. We went through shut down at this school. I was worried about my children’s education, but decided to keep giving it a chance. 2nd grade teacher kept embarrassing my child in front of the class. Name calling my child and others. The teacher denied it to the principal when I went to the school for help. I should have pulled my child. But I was scared she wouldn’t get an education, so we stayed. Name calling continued. Telling the kids they were babies. Or still a “kinder” (kindergartener) I encouraged other mothers to call the school when this teacher told their kids that they were “not smart” but nothing was ever done about it. Different teacher taught my child in second grade that Santa wasn’t real. Talked about gender identity. And asked us to feed our children packing peanuts as part of an assignment. Teacher couldn’t ever explain why though. The kids were also taught that the letter W makes a “who” sound. I called the school sent so many emails to the district that year. It was silly. My child’s confidence was shot after that. The next year, I saw improvement in confidence. But not too much else. I went to the teachers for help a few times, but just felt like I was bothering them from the reactions I got. The next school year really started to make me nervous. My child came home with a bunch of work to do at home. The only thing I could figure that was being taught during class time was a podcast called 6 min. The kids were asked questions and tested on this podcast. I listened to it once, and I do not understand what the educational value was. Sure it was fun, but no other learning was happening during class time.

i’m a student here, and i’ve seen some pretty messed up things. there is a lot of bullying, especially of students in sped, or people who are just simply different. i have seen discrimination all over the place. I have had extremely good teachers who are kind and are overall great teachers. i have also had experiences with not so great teachers. some of the vice principals are also questionable. as of the 2022-2023 school year, there are two lunches, and roughly about 700 students in each lunch. it takes 15-20 minutes of the 30 minutes we are given for lunch to get through the lines. i have seen a genuine fight, not just a middle school fist fight, i mean a body slamming fight with actual boxing techniques break out in the cafeteria. the lunch staff always seem so overworked and tired and it feels like they are herding a group of cows and having to babysit 700 kids on top of serving lunch. as a girl at this school. i have been told to cover up on multiple occasions even after the dress code was changed and i wasn’t violating it. sometimes it’s just an uncomfortable experience to have your body commented on at random points, even if you aren’t in violation of the dress code. this is more for some of my friends rather than me, because i have friends that struggle with body image who have come to me distraught about things that were pointed out simply for wearing a tank top. i also notice that they seem to pick certain peopleclass:there is some really great staff here. I’ve had great discussions in class however there are still other flaws. as someone who grew up in a private school, i can’t believe the way some students treat their teachers. i witnessed one of my favorite teachers constantly being harassed, constantly having to babysit rather than teach to the point where they quit their job in the middle of the year because they got so tired of it. let me backtrack here a bit, this isn’t constant. on a daily basis, students seem more uninterested/distracted typically than flat out disrespecting teachers and punching each other. i know i’ve said a lot of negative things, but this school isn’t truly terrible. i’ve made some great friends, leaned a lot, found community, etc. but this school has a real bullying/disrespect problem and from a students point of view, a lot of it goes unnoticed, or simply unhandled.i don’t hate this school at all, it’s a good school. i just wanted to point out some of the negative things i see from a student standpoint.

Herriman is a great school, they have the highest graduation rate in the district and are running a lot of concurrent enrollment and AP classes. Students are service minded and raise thousands of dollars for charity. The performing arts programs are AMAZING!