Independence Elementary School

The front desk lady is RUDE! She will literally ignore you, but if a Spanish speaker comes in she jumps up and helps them. While acting like you were never there or needed help. They are not helpful with getting your child where they need to be. They are there for a paycheck, that is all. And the teachers that ARE great- leave.

I would not recommend this school to anyone. I've had to visit the school district office several times about the things that go on here.

I see reviews that are old. My child started 1st grade here in 2012 and I've had problems with lazy teachers. It seems that many teachers here hardly want to work. I barely no anything my child studies in class because the teachers do not communicate anything to parents. For 2016: no monthly newsletter, no weekly info of homework, no emails from the teacher... nothing. And when you tell the principal you'd like to know what's going on, nothing happens.

I don't know why this school is rated so low. Both of my children go to this school and I have had great experiences with the staff. Most of the parents I've encountered that have an issue with this school is due to their children's behavior and not due to any failure from the school or its staff.