Lockhart II Plan in South Pointe by Coventry Homes
Mansfield, TX 76063

This school does nothing to teach kids reality or prepare them for college. They allow late work weeks and months after due dates, they allow kids to act up in class and distract the others, they allow poor grades to be changed at the end of the period in order to pass. The even allow kids to use their laptops to use Google translate in order to pass language classes. Our child learned no Spanish after two years because all they did was translate it all online to get the answers needed to pass. They only teach the kids how to pass a class, not how to be students or how to learn. The school cares about how they appear to get funding, not what they teach these kids. It's all about state testing and funding. Our kid will be lost in college except for what WE have taught him at home.

The teachers are so rude and unprofessional. They treat the children like soldiers yet have no discipline themselves. I reported bullying to my child’s homeroom teacher and the administration and never do much as received a follow up call. Joined PTA and not only did I receive no communication the entire year, the first meeting was terribly disengaging and it was clear that this was a social club and not one meant for the best support of the students. My child will not return to this school. Mansfield ISD deserves better.

Charlene McKinzey Middle is overall one of the better Mansfield ISD middle schools. You can expect a normal education here, with teachers with good experience. Particularly, for the STEM program, you can expect more hands on and technological activities and less paper work, building things like rollercoasters, wind turbines, and more through “PBLs (Project Based Learning)”. Other than the hands on activities, you can expect much of the same thing that comprehensive students learn. For comprehensive classes, you can expect varied experiences with different teachers with the added perk of being in a good band, orchestra, and other extracurriculars. You should note that for the STEM program, you are not able to participate in band, orchestra, Spanish, and some others, but being in athletics is still an option for all students. For athletics, you should expect an above average experience with many sports available, which will most likely include the sport you are looking for. The building itself has a very contemporary and open atmosphere, similar to how many other middle schools being built after 2020 in DFW look. If you look up “new middle schools in DFW interiors” you will get a good idea of how McKinzey appears. The building is kept very clean (shout out to custodians) and you won’t have to worry about sanitary issues here, other than the occasional cockroach. The building also has many collaborative learning spaces which encourage working together with others. The only drawbacks you can see at McKinzey are that you may have an iffy teacher here and there and a few safety concerns. You will not have to worry too much about contraband being brought into the school as everyone goes through a weapons detector upon entry of the school, although there can be gaps with this system for detecting. As for most, if not every middle school there is fighting between students, and McKinzey is no exception to this issue. Eventually, the administrators in McKinzey do combat this, and it is getting better, but it is not gone. Overall, if you are looking for a good education in a growing part of Mansfield, McKinzey is a good school to consider if you are planning to attend here. If you are not yet in McKinzey or have a student that cannot attend McKinzey yet, Brenda Norwood Elementary and Alma Martinez Intermediate feed into Charlene McKinzey Middle.