Durant Road Middle

Absolutely TERRIBLE. I do not recommend this school, do yourself a favor and look into some of the amazing charter schools in the area. They actually care about your child, Durant Road Middle does not.

Great things are happening at Durant since changes in admin. Awesome faculty, smart student body.

I approached the school year knowing it would be very different from my children’s previous experiences at school, but wholly unprepared for the atmosphere here. Students are out of control. Discipline and order are scarce. Violence erupts often. Perpetrators lie and avoid punishment, or worse accuse the victim of racism and get the victim in trouble. There are no books and it is difficult to access assignments and curriculum as each teacher uses a different program (Google classroom, Weebly, handouts, etc.) The curriculum is “project based” so students are grouped together to complete work. This makes it difficult for more advanced or diligent children to get work done because they have to babysit their peers. Teachers struggle to keep order in their classrooms as outbursts are frequent. Not all of this is the fault of the teachers and staff, because many of these students have zero home training to speak of, but they fail to enact stricter policies on conduct, and so the students continue their poor behavior. Durant used to be a great school, but as demographics in the area changed, so did the caliber of student arriving to be educated. I would avoid this school, if at all possible. If not, prepare your child to work in a very distracting environment and to defend themselves if necessary.

My child has had a great experience here at Durant Middle. The educational program and band program is wonderful. Mr. Kuni, the band director is awsome!!! I have not experienced any problems with the school.