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Parent Reviews (7 reviews)
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There has been a big improvement in behavior at this school this year. The hallways are now clear and orderly, and the classrooms look like good learning environments. The 6th graders are in an academy setting.
The lack of discipline on campus has destroyed the learning environment. Hallways are chaotic and loud. Currently, this school is simply not a good place for good education.
My child is zoned for this school and like so many other parents in my neighborhood who also have children zoned for Black Middle, we would rather die than expose our children to this toxic mess they actually have the gall to call a school. What are they teaching there? Nothing apparently. No foreign language, except Spanish--most middle schools offer at least French or German. No honor classes, no advanced math, nothing. What I see everyday are wild kids streaming out of that school and running through the neighborhood like banshees, destroying yards, calling out ugly names, and showing no respect for anything. What happened to citzenship and responsibility?
I am a new teacher at Black Middle School, and the problem in the past began when there were teachers at the school who could not relate to the minority population, those who barely cared, or had little clue on how to discipline these type of students. My classroom is organized, fun, thought-provoking, and forward-thinking. Fights everyday? No. Not at all. My classroom is clean (no grafitti, plus I clean it once a month), I update all of my wall decor constantly, and students' learning follows the mandated hands-on, active learning that our society calls for now-a-days. There are many new teachers at Black Middle School this year, including a new and brilliant principal, who are young, vibrant, and are personally knowledgeable of the environment our students experience everyday.
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