Carver Middle School

Terrible. Do not move here. It’s a bad school. No moral with students. Kids have no outside time and no incentive to do better. My children have not been asked to read a book since 6th grade. They teach milestone only. This tells me teachers are not adequate

I'm currently an 8th grade student at Carver Middle school, about to go to highschool. I've attended CMS for 3 years and there are some things that I'm sure parents are unaware of. There is black mold growing on the ceiling tiles in multiple classrooms because there are leaks in the roof. Sometimes classrooms smell strongly of mold. This has been an issue for about a year and a half. The rest of the building is terribly maintained as well. There are cracks in the walls where snakes and mice have gotten in, the bathroom walls are sticky, faucets are broken, and there is rarely toilet paper or soap. Bathroom doors and locks are often broken as well. The school is understaffed to the point where teachers have to teach 2 subjects (their main subject + social studies). This leads to teachers teaching subjects they're inexperienced in. Gifted students have been heavily separated from the rest of the school and each grade is also heavily separated, forcing students to be around the same 30-40 people the whole year. Lots of the staff is rude or seems miserable. There is no student council and the school ignores complaints, so it is very difficult to make a change to the school. Nothing is ever done about these issues. Despite strict rules, many students still struggle to learn because of behavior issues. The school has gotten rid of many events and programs (Gotten rid of drama program, dances, etc.) and students are generally treated like they aren't people. There are some good things- many of the teachers are friendly and try to engage students in learning, and there are very few fights/drug or gang related activity. The school is supposed to get some major updates this summer, so let's hope thing improve.

Teachers seem to really care about students, and the administration is always ready to listen to parents and help solve issues. My daughter has had a great learning experience the past 2 years at Carver.

Carver has always been compared to other middle schools in the county and have gotten a bad rap. My two children have both went through Carver and I have found no problems in the physical building and teaching the standards.The vast majority of teachers went out of their way to help my kids succeed. The media specialist works well with the teachers to maximize and coordinate with lesson plans.I've discovered that while Carver has its share of problems, it is not Carver itself. It's the natural snottiness of preteens that pervades the school. But all middle schools have that hormonal problems.