Griffin Middle School

My son started at Griffin the beginning of this year after transferring from another school in Frisco ISD due to lack of support from teachers and leadership and non-effective leadership. He absolutely loves it! And so do I! Thank you to all of the leadership and teachers at Griffin who have helped my child be successful!

We loved this school until my child hit the 7th grade. The "no tolerance for bullying" is a complete joke. I am a person that believes our children need to learn how to deal with conflict themselves but things that happened at the school are completely out of control. To the person that wrote earlier about cliques, I could not agree more. There is a hierarchy at this school and it is set by the students. It seems that the teachers are afraid of their students. The phrase "Go Kill Yourself" is thrown around like "have a nice day." It is said in front of the teachers and admins and they do NOTHING. Some of the teachers are downright cruel to their students. I finally had enough and went in myself, after my child tried to speak with the counselor, and nothing was done. I am not an overbearing or overprotective parent but it had gotten to a point where an adult needed to step in. Many children were complaining about one student and nothing was done. I know kids are mean, I am not naive, but this was a whole other level. If your child is a little different, he or she will have a difficult time in this school. To make matters worse they will have no support from their teachers or the administration. It has been a long a painful experience and we have decided to leave the school and we did not come to that decision easily. We love the elementary school our child attended but something happens at this school.I am glad my child will not be there in the fall.

Griffin overall is a great middle school. We have been thrilled with the teachers/staff and programs with one exception. AP Dr. Larson... I have never experienced an administrator so lacking. She goes out of her way to make things difficult for students and parents and does not have the students' best interest at heart. Such a shame.

Teachers and administrators DO NOT respond immediately to parent concerns. They will try to sweep issues under the carpet as much as possible. Some teachers are great and truly care about their students, while most could care less (unless you hold some sort of status). It is NOT a great environment conducive to learning. Although inevitable and existing everywhere, this school takes cliques and social climbing to a whole other level! The school is full of cliques (both girls and guys) that are nasty and mean and it appears that many teachers cater to these kids. It s as if they yield power over them as well! It s really very sad. There is almost zero diversity and it s obvious that s a positive thing for them. Tweens and teens in general are at a vulnerable point in development. This school does nothing to recognize that. It s middle school! Shouldn t teachers/administrators at least try to help or be supportive with this? It s a terrible place, can t wait to get my kid out of there!