Eastern Middle School

Our experience at Eastern is outstanding. Our child loves the school. The teachers and other facility are very good. The only draw back is the county has neglected the up-keep of the school. It is overdue for a renovation.

It was challenging (as most middle schools are and should be) but I got through it. I was knew to the school, did not know anyone, but made many friends both in and not in the magnet, had some amazing teachers, and would wish to send my kids back some day!

My child will not go back to Eastern Middle School.Yes the school is dirty.Yes the staff praises the magnet students and can't stand the others. Yes there are pockets upon pockets of delinquent preteens/teens its the area!The school seems to have some tired Administrators that can come up with no better alternative than suspending students. How do I know this? I taught 2 classes there for 5 weeks.But the main reason I'm writing this is because:Sending my child to this school was the worst thing I could've done in his entire academic life! He started out strong with a high GPA, he was recognized for his achievements, he was proud of himself. After the first semester the school messed up his enrollment and he ended up unenrolled and at home for a week. At this time he became friends with and started hanging with the kids that were suspended from Eastern and a nearby high school. His disability paired with delinquents and Principal Crouse/ administrators not caring about anyone outside of the magnet program, led to his grades rapidly declining. I warned the school about persuasion from the delinquent students. My son too, expressed that he did not want to go there for the same reason. These kids prey on the incoming 6th graders, recruit them and ruin them. All I can say is I hope that my son can recover from all that he was exposed to. Needless to say we will not be returning to this school, Ever.

I am in my last year at Eastern middle school and I feel as if my degree of interest has slowly dropped over the three years I've attended this school. I am a part of the humanities program and every day i observe how I am treated as if I am more intelligent and more valued of a human being. In sixth grade I loved my teachers, thank you Mrs. Ray for understanding all of my terrible friend drama! In seventh grade I had mixed feelings about many of my teachers but still liked quite a few of them. This year I have two or three teachers I like and one I just cannot stand. School policy states that if a student makes an attempt on an assignment they automatically recieve a 50% but one student in my class competed the whole assignment correctly... but in pen. The teacher gave him a zero and said that if he did it in pen he technically did not make an attempt on the work, which is ridiculous. I don't know how I'll survive a year in his class. Overall, many of the eastern staff value the humanities students infinitely more and aren't afraid to show it, and a few don't even care about any of us at all. Not to mention cockroaches, mice, and hornets, but those all belong in another story.