1317 Fordyce Dr
Chesapeake, VA 23322

This school may have a rating of “9”, but the kids here are not very positive. There is extreme bullying and drug use. AT A MIDDLE SCHOOL. The teachers and staff try to prevent this; my kids have mentioned several times that lockers are checked. However, it still happens. Also, the excessive use of racial slurs can be unbearable. If you don’t mind your kids being influenced by drugs, alcohol, and being racist, this is the school for you! My poor kids have just learned to deal with it and can’t wait to leave. We’ve been in several school districts due to military, and I can say the kids here, far exceed all negative stereotypes. My older son was spit on and called the “N” word and nothing was done, but hey this is the pinnacle of the Chesapeake school district. To that I laughed!!! However, the TEACHERS AND GREAT AT WHAT THEY DO. I truly applaud them!

The school does not have an inclusive philosophy for children with developmental or intellectual delays. They still use self-contained classrooms as the primary placement. Southeastern happened to be our school district, but many of my daughter’s classmates were bussed in from other schools to attend the self-contained class, further separating those students from their peers by not only being in a separate class but also a different school. My daughter was not challenged in this setting, she was not exposed to the same curriculum as her Gen. Ed. peers, even after I obtained the Gen Ed materials from other parents and videoed her doing the work. We eventually pulled her and placed her in a private school where she is 100% included. While the VA DOE does have a published guidebook for inclusion, this school does not follow it. They have not implemented the practices discussed in the guide book such as a written inclusion policy, development of an inclusion advisory team, or universal design learning. I gave this school 2 stars rather than 1 because I believe the teachers did indeed care about my daughter but were not supported by the policies in place, lack of 1:1 aides, and training on inclusive practices. I blame the admin and district rather than the individual teachers.

This school is the closest thing to a dictatorship you will be able to find in the United States. From what my son describes the school is essentially a prison with no culturural diversity, the student body is extremely racist and hateful to minority races, and it has become so normalized in this school that students rarely receive repercussions for racist remarks or actions. The administrators and staff do a poor job of reaching out and informing students and parents of event’s happening at the school (ex. Prom/ ring dance.) The teachers are flat out lazy and do a poor job of giving students a proper education and not busy work for 90 minutes. School is supposed to be a place where students can learn and have fun and make positive memories but to me it seems like my son hates this schoolMore than anything, He states that teachers will take phones from students even with it being in their pockets which is just unprofessional for 1, and it’s unacceptable, there is no reason to be looking at students groin regions to reprimand a phone from a student. Overall this school is filled with unprofessional staff and I would recommend saving your money to find a different school district.