John Motley Morehead

I don't feel that it is academically rigorous enough for the kids to face future academic challenges

As a student that was excited to go to a school where they academically challenge you, I was disappointed during the middle of the year where all I see are fights happening left and right. Academics are pretty good, except for a few things I personally don't like. If you didn't know, this school just recently merged with a few other school, but, lots of the students didn't come from the best schools, making the environment not too comfortable for new students, unless they came from bad schools themselves. I kid you not when there is at least a fight everyday/every other day. The sad part is, it used to be much worse than that. Someone always has beef with someone and can't handle it on their own time or with verbal confrontation. I hope my review helps the descision for schools to go to a little easier. This isn't just me being mad about my life here, I've also taken into account my friends' and other people's opinions in this school

My nephew has had a hard year emotionally (loss of immediate family member being one thing) and has been acting out a bit. Although the school has been made aware of this they continue to put him down and make it as if he is slower than the rest of his class. He actually shows that he knows everything and knowledge is more than what his "tests" show. The school has continued to show no concern or empathy towards our family situation and would not even give any solutions until the school board was contacted. It seems all the teachers want to do is come to the defense of his teacher and blame the child instead of owning up to brushing him off and allowing him to slip through the cracks. It's now the end of the school year and they are JUST now trying to give extra help but it may be too late. In all my years of dealing closely with teachers and caregivers I have never seen such a lack of genuine love and concern for a child. If you want your child to PROSPER and not just be average then this is not the school for your child.

My 6 year son was struggling academically and emotionally and all we got were excuses to validate why they offered no resolution until 3 months before the school year ended. The school had no regard for the trauma he had been through and offered no resources to assist me. This school is no more special than Nathaniel Alexander, the school he attended for Pre-K. When I offered to come to class to help the teacher with him, she said it would not be helpful but continued to send him to the office on a regular basis. I had to reach out to the school board in order to be granted a class observation and meeting with the staff.