Holdeman Elementary School

I have mixed feelings about this school, I love the teacher s attitude toward the students and they are really nice but they could dress a little better. I have noticed a lot of them in flip flops and inappropriate wear for a teacher. Love the uniforms for the students, I wish the teachers had them too. Wish they would bring back the field trips; my son loves them and was able to go to two before they stopped having them. He gets disappointed each year when there is none.
—Submitted by a parent

This Is A Really Amazing School!!!! everyone in there is really friendly and know how to teach the kids really good.
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Holdeman Elementary is the BEST elementary school!! VERY PROFESSIONAL!!! EXCELLENT STAFF! & HARD WORKING MOTIVATING TEACHERS!!! A++
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My daughter has attended Holdeman for 3 years now. Her biggest struggle was first grade because of bullying. It took almost the entire year to take care of the problem and still wasn't totally to my satisfaction. This year started out rough but has gotten much better. Love the staff and always feel welcome. Just wish there were more breaks in the afternoon for teachers as well as students. Would like to have field trips returned as well. The new building is beautiful. Just some concerns with safety. Would love more parent involvment. There should be no excuse that we are too busy, these are our childern!! Change takes time for those of you unhappy.
—Submitted by a parent

It would be interesting to see what Holdeman parents think of this school now that there is a new Principal at the helm.
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My sons went to Holdeman, I regret not pulling them out sooner, when the school was rated as 'underperforming.' I did pull out my younger son and I am glad I did. At Holdeman he was considered the brightest in his class, at his current school he has to work much harder and is being better prepared. The school has a very high mobility rate, poor parental involvement and don't blame it on low income families, as there are other schools with low income populations with strong parental involvement.
—Submitted by a parent

My son started at Holdeman this year. For the most part it's a good school education wise. My kindergartner is excelling well beyond most of his class so the homework he is given by his teacher is work that is normally handed to 1st graders. The downside to this school is the fact that it is across the street from a moderately low income apt complex. The parents of those children don't have the time to be involved in their kids' education. Also people constantly move in and out so a lot of teachers teach to the lowest level of students. This is more a district issue though. All in all Holdeman is a very good school and I'll be keeping my son there.
—Submitted by Lisa Bowman, a parent

I beleive Holdeman can stand on it's own as a school that constantly striving to improve itself. Holdeman has a unique situation, in that so many students are coming and going. This effects overall performance. Also 50% of the students are Hispanic many of them speaking spanish therfore the teachers have to work harder than most. We will keep supporting Holdeman School.

Holdeman states it is a 'Peace Building' school, unfortunately I strongly disagree. My two boys have been attending Holdeman for 2 years now and have had nothing but problems with other children bulling them and disrupting their learning abilities. The faculty has only punished my childern thru A.L.C.(Alternative Learning Center), suspention, and now removing my childern from the school all together. Never have I heard any repercutions to the other childern involved nor have my requests to have parent/faculty/parent conference with the other childern involved. I feel Holdeman would much better sweep these sort of problems under the rug or out the door instead of finding workable solutions for all involved.

Although Holdeman is not rated as a ""quality"" school according to this website, the school is extremely great! The dual language program is top-notch. My daughter has learned a wealth of knowledge from this school.

More Parent involment. More Improved PTA.