Hesse School

Hesse has been a great experience for all three of my daughters. We have been very pleased with their teachers and all of the other wonderful support staff and educators at this school!

I removed my child from this school last year at the end of 5th grade. A new principal was brought in about three years ago and each year the school gets progressively worse. Standard scores have dropped each year while discipline issues have risen. For the last two years I have seen less studying and/or homework and heard more stories about fights and disruptive behavior. I went to the principal with other concerned parents and we got a pat on the head and nothing ever happened to improve the situation. It is only September, but I can already see a huge difference in my child and the level of work she brings home now from her new school. I only wish I had removed her sooner. Hesse always had a great reputation in the community and I hate to see it fall this way. A few good teachers remain, but I'm sure they won't last much longer.

Overall the school and staff have been great

Security could always be better, bullies could be punished further. School breakfast and lunch could be better (its down right horrible). Communications between the front office and staff needs some tweaking as well as administrators and security staff. The PTA is also very hands on with fund raising and supporting of the teachers and staff.