Westside Middle School

This school is absolutely horrible! This is my child’s second and last year, thank god. The entire administration changed this year , the front office staff is rude and unhelpful. No one responds back to emails. There is constant fights in the school and when you ask they reply “it is being addressed “ and the retaliate against your child if you ask about the incredibly poor communication and administration Teachers, counselors, administrators, SRO officers don’t respond back to emails or phone calls and if they do it takes almost e week no matter how important it is. They don’t abide rules and will discuss things of such as sex and contraception with children without your consent. I am so happy this is my child’s last years. I also am looking to move my entire family so that my upcoming 5th grader with not have to go here next year. I wouldn’t even give this school 1 star, it is -10 in my opinion.

Zero. They dont really care about their students safety if they did they would STOP the bullying.

Overall I honestly did not like my experience here. Since I started there this school has become way better, but is still not up to public standards. Not a lot of freedom and does not prepare students for the social side of high school. The classes that are offered here are very good, but the school continues to hire staff that students do not like at ALL. Throughout my years here the staff has been the majority problem. Leadership is fine; it's great, but when most of the students do not like a teacher it makes everyone's day worse.

What a disorganized mess this school was! We were new to the area and my child was just starting middle school. All local barrow schools register in one location, so of course, the process took nearly half a day. Several kids at the open house, including my daughter, hadn't been assigned home room teachers. Trying to get questions answered (like how do I find out who my child's teacher is) was nearly impossible, as most teachers and staff seemed clueless, or irritated. This school lacks basic communication and involvement for parents, the times I did reach out to the teachers I was met with borderline rude responses, like I was bothering them with my questions. My daughter got in school suspension 3 weeks into a new school year, she has never so much as had a letter sent home in her previous school and was a stellar student. It's unfortunate that the students have to suffer because their teachers are burnt out, overwhelmed, apathetic, or disorganized. Disorganized, overly disciplinarian, lacking basic extracurriculars and parental involvement. What a terrible experience, I was thrilled to take my daughter out of this school.