Hidenwood Elementary School

1 Star , 2 at best. The 5th grade classes are are total chaos.(Not much the teacher can do) 2024 , Hidenwood Elementary is not representative of the area. I'm not sure where these kids are bused in from..The Hidenwood neighborhood I'm at is nothing like the school demographics, hence, the school has been chaos since I was there 2008 until 2024.

I have 2 children in the school right now. My youngest is average, she does not have any significant learning issues. However, my oldest has has been struggling with reading since Kindergarten, now in 3rd. I spent 2 years in meeting every few months trying to get them to test her. They refused. They just kept saying that I was failing as a parent and that she just needed to practice more. She was excelling in every other subject, to the point of being above grade level in some. The Vice Principal at one of those meetings, once again, told me that I was failing as a parent and she just needed more practice and the solution to her falling behind in reading would be to hold her back a year and not do any testing (I refused to hold her back because she was at grade level or higher on all her other subjects so holding her back would create boredom and a new host of problems because of it). She also, told me that I needed to be my child's advocate (she obviously wasn't going to based on her actions) and that she was not going to do anything to help her besides call me a bad mother, tell me she "just needs to be submerged in reading". she basically wanted me to mentally exhaust my child (and me) over reading. We scheduled the next meeting at the end of that meeting, the Vice Principal made the appointment in front of me and directly handed me the reminder letter. I went to the school on the day and time on the reminder, that the Vice Principal gave me, just be told that I was not on the schedule and I should not be there. They would not look at the reminder letter I had in hand and told me I needed to leave. I had to go to the School Board and have them call for me to be able to have that meeting. The next meeting after that, I would not allow the Vice Principal in the meeting (or any meeting thereafter) and I finally got the approval needed to get the testing done. But they still would not help her because her IQ tests results were too high (high end of average), even though she met the criteria on all the rest of the issues.

10 out of a 10 for this school.

My daughter started at Hidenwood this year (2015). So far, her teacher has been amazing and the staff is very welcoming. On the contrary, when speaking to the principal regarding an issue with my child, she did not portray interpersonal skills. In fact, her tone was somewhat aggressive, she attempted to be argumentative and was overall unprofessional.

I love this school . My son is in the third grade and I've had nothing but good experiences. The teachers are involved the principal as well. They work with the kids and they are truly committed to helping them excel in learning. His teachers make sure that I'm aware of everything that goes on with him and they go above and beyond and it's truly appreciated. I would definitely recommend this school.