Montezuma Elementary School

This school is in BIG trouble overall. Many of the good teachers have left due to lack of support from the Leadership there aka: Hannah - Principal. She is in need of serious help and guidance. She has no clue how to lead and run a school of this nature. The teachers I have experienced there did their best with little to no support. Many of the strong ones have gone elsewhere. How much worse do things need to get there for removal of and replacement of a different leader to get things corrected?? Please Superintendent of schools!!! School board! ETC> ETC> Get someone to that school before someone is badly hurt!!!

We switched our child out of this school after a terrible 1'st grade experience. Our opinion of the principle, Ms. Weihe, is that she lacked integrity, and we felt she tried to bypass accountability for our child's welfare while gaslighting us. Our child's teacher was teaching a classroom of over 20 students without a secondary teacher helping them. There were multiple children in the classroom with clear emotional issues, and there were frequent reports of children fighting with each-other. Her methods of dealing with children were consistently punitive. Almost every week it seemed like something went wrong in our child's classroom or at recess. One day a child cracked his head open and was bleeding from his head. Ambulances came to the school to take the child to the hospital. Not a word about it was said. The teacher only expressed that the children had "a tough week" and she wanted to give them a pizza party at the end of the week. Our child started hating school and even expressed suicidal language early on in the school year. We wanted to get our child moved to a different classroom but were told it was not going to happen despite all of these things. The classroom reached temperatures of 90+ degrees early in the school year. This year we have found a much better school, but we are still dealing with the fallout of the damage caused by last year. There are so many things that were wrong about MVES that I couldn't possibly put them all here. There are 'some' great teachers at the school, but unfortunately that doesn't make the school better as a whole.

My son has had a fantastic experience at Zia! The teachers, staff, and administration have all bee great. It's a very welcoming community. The school encourages families to get involved and participate in their children's learning. We have absolutely loved Zia so far!

My childs experience at this school has been wonderful. He has made life long friends. Educationally he is challenged. Being able to practice our faith is a priority.