BALLENTINE Plan in Arcadia by Drees Homes
Brentwood, TN 37027

Overall this is not a bad school, but it is in one of the worst districts, with the worst leadership you could ever come across. This district has cut a program that supports struggling students and families experiencing hardship by 85%. A program that is only 0.00% percent of the district's budget. The funds were instead diverted to cover dental plans for teachers, the district would otherwise have to cover from the district general funds. It is absolutely shameful.

I did not like this school very much. Many of the teachers were mean, strict, and picked favorites. Most of the students at Sunset Middle were very rude and mean, but did not receive proper punishment. Instead I would see other kids, who haven’t done anything as bad, get punished. There is a lot of injustice and rudeness in this school. I am very grateful for the few real friends I made here and I’m grateful for those few teachers that were good to me and actually helped me learn. I hope next year those teachers stay and the school becomes as good as it once was. Sunset middle ruined my mental health and made me feel worthless because I wasn’t in honors classes, a lot of extra activities, or even just because I wasn’t good at something. This is what I mean by the teachers would pick favorites; they would only be nice and helpful to the students they liked best. And don’t even get me started on the enormous amount of homework we got. I wasn’t even able to do anything outside of school and it was so hard to try and pursue passions of mine bc of the little time I had and this is even worse for people who work slower than others (like me). I’ve been told by so many people the work in high school is not this bad even when you take honors classes. I really hope sunset changes and realizes doing so much homework is not helping us. I am so burnt out from all the work, teachers, and some of the students. Even our graduation was not fun. I didn’t get to see all of my friends and the breakfast wasn’t good. The whole graduation ceremony was sad and boring. I expected to leave middle happy and prideful but felt the complete opposite. There are so many other things that I experienced that made me dislike Sunset Middle School. I am so glad I am leaving and am never coming back.