Willma Cavitt Junior High School

The teachers here are very good and students really learn something. I was very impressed with the math teacher Mrs. Hampton who made math fun for my son who does not love math and he had very strong test scores in the CAASP test at the end of the year! The electives get assigned, so are not really electible, but they are really interesting and fun! They've changed their homework policies and homework was acceptable in 7th and good in 8th grade. 8th grade is a fun, enjoyable, interesting year of calm before the storm of high school. It's a small school so their sport teams are not very competitive, but their academics are great.

I had hoped for so much more. The homework is far to excessive. The teachers do not get to know your child and they are completely unwilling to work with parents and students on the subject of homework. Despite the claims of the school website technology assets are old and insufficient to what they want from students. It could be a beautiful campus but it is poorly maintained and unkempt. They made a promise to replace and repair the basketball hoops on the playground before the start of the year but did not. wish I could post a photo. There are some very good teachers there, but the school and the district in general seem headed in the wrong direction and it is hard to see the benifits of the local ESF foundation contributions.

The children bully each other and the parents and staff are in a state of complete denial. Excessive homework and oppressive environment.

Teachers, Resources and Principal are fantastic. Parents are in denial about bully problem and not involved. It is the same 10- or so parents who are frequently involved at the school. Rumors are abound with lack of supervision of parents at home. It is a shame because the faculty is superb.