Montague Village Elementary

Overall experience
If I could give this school a 0-star rating I would in a heart beat. We moved to Ft Hood at the end of the year and placed our children in the school before Christmas vacation. Once students returned, my oldest child started slipping academically. She went from straight As to almost failing. Both my kids who absolutely love and adore school became agitated and upset at almost every morning drop-off. Both teacher and principal blamed my child for her lack of academic ability but never once faced the tunes of it possibly being part of the teachers fault. Low and behold the truth started to appear. My child was essentially put in a sink or swim situation. She had to figure things out on her own accord. Failing grades were considered her ‘new normal’ by her teacher, which as parents we rightfully and respectfully disagreed. I urged extra assignments for practice at home- none. I asked for help- none. I asked for homework- none. I brought to the attention of the teacher that I would be finding a tutor and she told me I was in the wrong for doing that because it was ‘too much for my child’, yet she accepted 50-60s as ‘okay’ grades and she ‘wasn’t worried’ about my child passing the grade level. I ended up buying a homeschooling curriculum and every night I would practice with my child and go over the problem areas. I put in transfers to have my children removed from the school 3wks into them starting, which is a massive problem. Montague took a huge emotional and academic toll on my oldest. She was depressed, anxious, felt like a failure. She would routinely say she was dumb. What even makes a 8yr old say that is besides me. Homework is frowned upon. There is absolutely no at home accountability in reading, spelling, or math facts. Let’s not even mention bullying. There is no proper recourse or proactive handling. They expect parents to reach out to the other parents to handle situations. Students are expected to ‘deal with it’. The current principal is an absolute joke. In her exact words: ‘I have 4 kids attending this school and this is the first time this school year (in January of 2020) that I have heard about bullying occurring.’ Yeah, okay. There is no PTO, clubs, or yearbook. Absolutely no parent involvement. Thankfully my kids were able to transfer in-district and my oldest is back to making As, doing well, and loving school again. Her new teacher is incredible and has brought to my attention that the grades from Montague to our new and current school DO NOT show my child’s academic ability. She and I both cannot understand what transpired to have my child fail and be completely miserable. It’s been a complete 180 for my child. My daughters new teacher has also brought everything to the attention of our new principal and he has also been very proactive in fixing the damage that was done. My oldest attended Montague for 2.5 months and the outcome from transferring speak volumes- her grades, her confidence, and her attitude speak volumes. My children will NEVER step foot on this campus again.