North Bend Elementary

The dedication of the teaching staff, administration, and support staff has made a remarkable difference in the lives of children whose parents have much less resources. This school shows that their is truth in the statement, "people make the difference".

This school is horrible. The front office administration needs training in empathy, listening skills and any other social training available. They have a very brash demeanor when dealing with parents and kids. As far as teachers go I can only speak from my experience with one ( I pulled my daughter out of northbelt the first opportunity I had) My daughters 2nd grade teacher would allow her students to write in pen,crayon, markers for daily assignments and homework. She allowed her handwriting to be outside of the lines and in random spots on the page (after expressing my concerns to her she said she was just satisfied that they actually did their work) Homework was not mandatory and schoolwork and homework turned in would be turned back to parents without any grades marked on them or without corrections made. she said she didn't want to discourage students) I never knew how well my daughter was doing and as a parent grades is a way to keep track of any needed improvement. Communication between teachers and parents is horrible. Parents go on the assumption that since there are no grades or any tracking of grades than their child is doing ok. I must also note that this teacher was teacher of the year 2 years in a row. Which says a lot about this school and the rest of the teachers. My daughter left that school with horrible study habits and knowing less than when she started. If you want to avoid a headache pray that your child is not zoned to this school. The level of expectations for the students is extremely low. In fact in 2012 I received a letter from the district that since Northbelt did not meet the states expectation when testing their students that parents have an option of sending their students to a different school. It's only a matter of time before this school is closed down.