Irving Middle School

Since new principal, school has gone downhill. Decent teachers but horrible administration. Principal and one new AP behave like the Wicked Witches is of Oz

A school that cares about your kid, located within several tight knit communities. This school is very organized and efficient at preparing your child for the rigors of high school. Cannot say enough good things about it.

We are a military family, so I have the experience of my child having attended several other schools/districts previously. This school is top notch, and I'd have no hesitations recommending the school to anyone relocating to the area. Teachers have responded quickly to emails. Emailed progress reports are sent often, and there is always online access to your child's gradebook for each class. You can always know how your child is doing at any given time. During breaks such as Thanksgiving and Christmas, it was the school's position that those are truly periods of time for family, and no homework or projects were assigned to be completed over breaks. There are numerous free after school clubs and activities that appeal to many interests. There is a real sense of community at this school. Our child has not personally encountered or witnessed any bullying at the school. The only negative I would point out is repeatedly not letting the kids go outside to play during what is called their Learn & Earn time. The weather would be sunny and in the 60's and the kids would have to stay in the gym to play. After a long winter primarily spent inside, kids really want to get outside and burn off energy. Overall, the experience at Washington Irving Middle School has been very positive. Great school. Great teachers. Great kids.

I'm so glad I'm finally out of Irving Middle School. In seventh grade, I had the best year ever. Ms. Hofman was my math teacher and she made math fun and understandable. My Science, History, and English teachers were all excellent as well. In 8th grade, I had a horrible experience. It got to the point where I didn't even want to go to school anymore. I was being bullied by one of my peers. This person repeatedly told me to go kill myself and just enjoyed making me miserable. The worst part is, my counselor (at the time) did nothing to fix the situation and neither did the assistant principal. So it continued to get worse. Verbal harassment became Physically harming me. At one point, all of my friends my bus driver, my parents, even some of my teachers all got involved. Eventually the bullying stopped on the last day of school. 98% of experience at Irving was bad.