Longmont High School

Not once has my kid come home and told me what they’ve learned, nor have they exhibited knowledge that I could presume came from their class. The classes are overrun with unruly kids and teachers that are checked out from their responsibility. The principal can do absolutely nothing to control violent kids and will tell you “it’s a public school, we have to have a space for everyone.” They have a policy that stops them from speaking with you as a parent about any other kid in class. This helps them essentially do nothing about any recurring violence because it’s impossible to pin down the problem. Despite this rule, I have heard from a fellow parent that the teacher put blame on my kid for starting the problem. We’ve had the teacher and principal in a meeting and told them to let us know if our kid was at all creating this problem and they both assured us they were not. The teacher, I know has a problem with how the class was run but was essentially a ventriloquist doll in the meeting, afraid to say anything the principal would not be happy with. We were excited to have our kids in this school, but with the lack of transparency, and reluctance to put safety and learning above all else, we have become totally disenchanted with the school and it’s leadership.

MVE is absolutely amazing. We could not be happier with our children's experiences. We have two students there currently. It keeps getting more incredible each day. The staff is extremely positive, the administrator is incredible-develops strong relationships with students and follows through with what she has and keeps clear expectations. There are many programs for students to be involved in from enrichment to Robotics, to reading clubs, writing clubs and a Geek Squad to help with technology. It is truly a shining star in our public education system. Everyone works together to support kids.

I used to go to this school and now that I’m older I realize how I would be able to sue y'all. I’m not sure about now but back then the principal would threaten to call the cops on me if I would talk. I was a kid I wasn’t that smart so of course I would stay quiet, she also forced me to stay in a room alone and do work for a whole month alone, with no teacher I had no recess either and I got blamed for something that I didn’t even do, probably even because my skin color I don’t know where the old principle is but if I were to find her she’s getting sued for what she put me thru as a child. Eric Garcia

My kid goes to this school and he’s told me many bad things about it I Heard there’s a rat problem, also the play area has safety hazards I heard a kid broke his arm falling there’s no bars preventing kids from falling in the slide, also bad teachers the music teacher told my kid if there’s ever an intruder everyone to them self’s yet their still kids? How are they gonna defend themselves? and if kids don’t finish their homework they make them run laps until the end up recess I would understand if it was a couple laps but the whole recess is over doing it. My kid also told me he was in bathroom using number two when a woman teacher walks in because another student was trying to use the stall so she peeked through the cark, why is there woman in the boys bathroom first of all, and the food isn’t very nutritious and if our kids want seconds they have to pay, I also heard these leakages in the bathrooms every here and then and they have no paper towels how are our kids supposed to dry their hands and the soap doesn’t restock till weeks later, talk about nasty hygiene I’m surprised this school is still holding up in my opinion I don’t recommend this school at all .

This school used to be one of the best in Longmont. Since the new principal came on board in 2019, she has ruined Sanborn’s good reputation and status. I had to buy the text books to help my kids with their learning. Communication from the principal and teachers is awful. Major instances happened and no communication was sent from the school to let parents know what had happened and the course of action would be taken. Teachers weekly newsletters are too cutesy and confusing, full of acronyms and no helpful information that a parent could use to work with their kid(s) at home. Behavior issues are not addressed at all. My children asked if they could go to another school because they were so miserable with behavioral problems impacting their ability to learn and play. They use communal punishment so good kids are not inclined to behave because they get in trouble as a class regardless of whether they’re good or bad.

This is my review of middle school here. The teachers are great and really care about us. The environment is nice, it feels more like a living room than a classroom, which makes it way easier to get work done. The curriculum is good, it’s challenging but if you ask for help, the teachers make it really clear and easy to understand. We have a time called self peace, which is 15 minutes of wordless calm music with the lights off where you just get to do anything that’s silent. Drawing, reading, knitting, napping, etc. it’s nice to just relax for a little bit. My experience in 4th-6th grade was a trainwreck. The teachers were not very dedicated to the job, or were dedicated, but didn’t teach well. Two of them were great though. In 6th grade, I was struggling with math, and my teachers response was to just not make me do math. Our teacher was nice, but she didn’t have any control over us. She let us just sit and talk, instead of doing work. Now that I’m in 7th grade, I’m actually learning well, and I enjoy going to school. Everyone gets along well and the teachers are great at helping us resolve conflict. There isn’t really bullying here. At our last social we were jamming out to let it go and it was fun to see a bunch of teenagers acting like we were 5 again.

The class sizes are small and the school is safe and doesn't have all of the work stuff that's in public schools. They proclaim the name of Jesus Christ and watching all the children be exposed to the word during chapel is very powerful. What a blessing for parents to be able to expose their children to such a great education surrounded around Jesus from the very beginning. It's just right.