Central Middle School

Communication with teachers is virtually impossible. The answer I got time and again we’re the largest middle school. 1300 students. Classrooms 25-27 students. They stopped apologizing for not returning emails, messages or phone calls. Bottom line: there are excellent teachers. But with all the school’s discipline problems and large classroom sizes- it was horrible for my son. His behavior changed for the worse. He started failing classes. When I asked for papers to withdraw him as a student , they said we could try the Eagle Program to get a better classroom environment(avoid the troubled kids). The day before I withdrew my son he said he was a bad kid. ‘Why?’ I asked. ‘Because I’m in the classes with the bad kids.’ In the mornings kids would get dropped off earlier. And a group of boys would normally be running around the front of the school playing and stuff. Then they started playing rap music with expletives. Blaring it out. And one boy took off his t shirt and proceeded to blast out the music. The resource officer got out of his squad car and walked past him and went into the front office. He didn’t do anything. Why? It was a normal morning. This was normal behavior. It’s sad because there are a lot of good kids there.

If there was a negative number for rating, it would be a negative 10. While there are some (very few) teachers who actually care for students (and not necessarily their own), the teachers and staff who do not care outweigh any positives that are found.

I wouldn't even bring my child here if I had the chance. I was greeted with attitudes and stank faces.

Almost everyone here is rude. Barely anyone knows how to direct and teach. This school needs a major upgrade in staff and teachers.