Martin Middle

Dedicated teachers, love the choices in classes, and parents involvement. Would love to see more interaction but I get the teachers are busy. Still a great school overall and my son loves it here.

We have definitely made some good friends and there have been some very dedicated teachers -- especially orchestra, German, chorus, science, and social studies. But overall, there isn't a warm feeling about the school. It is probably due to many factors -- some outside the control of the school. The staff and faculty seem tired and stressed much of the time, and this translates to the children and ultimately to their families. Part of the problem is that they don't have the resources to pay teachers to help with anything extra, and they seem to be restricted from effectively using volunteers, so a lot of school activities just don't happen or don't work well. For instance, at the beginning I volunteered with many other parents to supervise kids using the outdoor track before school to socialize and exercise. But the program fell apart because the "rule" was that a teacher had to supervise the volunteer parents, and no teacher was willing to do this (because they are already stretched so thin). This was one of 6 examples I can think of offhand where this kind of thing happened and a program fell apart. In the end, advocating for change and finding ways around rules like this falls to the principal, and although I believe she is trying, she does not have a strong presence and does not seem to be able to find solutions to these problems.

my child is deaf.. other students bullying, set up trouble, also accusing on my child a lot. School not helpfully! The Teachers were good but not SKILLED ASL as our deaf culture or past time. But good enough but need more deaf culture and more. Also limited them pick one elective cant have two or more elective class unfair with hearing students.

I went here for half of 7th grade and all of 8th grade. This school is nice. It's known for it's Visual and Performing Arts which is excellent except for there Dance team which in my opinion is horrible, there not together and all over the place but the Chorus, Band, Orchestra, Drama, and Arts program is excellent. The only thing negative I would have to say is that 8th grade year when I was in Chorus, I had paid for a chorus dress and didn't get it all year, and the chorus did not show any concern towards the issue so for the whole year, I had to wear all black pants and shirt. On the LAST day of school, the teacher gave my mom a refund and he didn't give it to me right away, he was signing year books and made me wait! He did not care at all! But overall, I had a great 1 1/2 years here at Martin Middle School. Pro's: The school is newly renovated. Great Visual and Performing arts program. Great Teachers Challenges Students Strict Teachers Teachers know how to handle bad behavior Con's: Nothing I can thing of.