Ponderosa Elementary School

I wouldn’t take my son anywhere else! The school is wonderful!!!

I moved my child to another school because I was appalled by how the school leadership and even the district leadership handled certain situations. The district is severely underfunded and my child's education was too important to just sit around waiting and hoping things would improve. I moved so my child could go to a better school.

Leadership is ineffective and domineering which has staff and student morale much lower than it once was. When teachers aren't happy, neither are students or parents but there is no voice for them.

Just had the most unpleasant experience during my child's parent teacher conference. Upon entering the class room to meet with his teacher we also found the P.E. teacher and Music instructor waiting as well. Immediately after introductions were made the P.E. and music instructors began a combined attack of my child's character. Telling him that beside being disrespectful towards them that he is singled out and removed from the class setting because he was unwanted by the other students in his class. The Physical Education teacher became so upset during this time that she was noticeably, physically shaking. After this display of educational excellence ended and they left the room my child was consoled by his teacher who told him he was a great kid. We then went on with our conference which was most pleasant and constructive discussing his current academics where I'm glad to say he was performing at the expected level for his grade.