Severna Park Middle School

Kinda bad, in my opinion. I am a student at SPMS, and there are many bad things about the school. The "no tolerence policy" makes no sense, along with the fact that if one small group of students disobey the rules and guidelines, the whole entire class or grade usually gets punished. There's really no enforcement and order on the bus, either. The worst part for me, a person who usually sleeps until 11 AM, is how I have to get up at 6:45-7:00 AM to get ready for school and not miss the bus. Not the entire school experience is bad, there are some great things about SPMS like the "Passport to the world" class, after school activities, and some teachers are really chill and all around reasonable people. Even with those pros, though, I haven't been enjoying the general SPMS school experience during the two years I have attended the school. Two stars.

I'm a student at spms I have had a decent experience the students could have more respect in general to objects and to other people but the teachers are helpful but the school could do better

I'm a big fan of many of the teachers at this school. My kids have had a wonderful experience. The chorus teacher is really wonderful. I wish there were more stem electives - particularly computer programming, but the math and science foundation my kids got was excellent. As an engineer, that's important to me.

The complaint about "lazy teachers" minimizing workload and maximizing salary is beyond belief. The math teachers are available during lunch, after school, and hold special classes until 4 o'clock on Thursdays to make sure all kids are mastering -not just passing- their learning goals. It hurts me to think someone would sling mud at them. The school has one of the highest functional-test math scores in the state. You don't get that from "lazy teachers." The band teacher is spread beyond thin with responsibilities in areas outside of music and is quite knowledgeable. Go onto YouTube and check out the orchestra and the festival and jazz bands (he conducts them ALL) and you'll be impressed.