Howard Pence Elementary School

We are incredibly disappointed in both the school and ourselves for keeping our children enrolled as long as we did. We originally chose the school for its Christian foundation, but over the past several years we’ve seen significant concerns. We should have removed them sooner but we had hoped it would get better.While there are some good teachers, many do not have formal teaching experience and tend to assign work rather than actively teach and support students. Several newer teachers have also been hired without degrees in the subjects they are teaching. Unfortunately the school is all around poor in all areas from academics, to sports, to arts. We and many parents have shared these concerns in meetings and through emails, but unfortunately we have not seen meaningful changes or a sense of urgency from the administration. Many of us area all pulling our kids out to other schools.