315 E Phifer St
Marshville, NC 28103

Worst Middle School I've ever had the displeasure of dealing with. Don't get me wrong...there are SOME good teachers and staff there, but the bad outweighs the good by a ton. Our thriving 12 year old started 6th grade with high hopes and happiness. That was soon crushed when bullying started. We let administration know what was happening. Nothing was done. The bullying got worse. We let them know. Again, NOTHING was done. Our little girl started harming herself, and became suicidal. She had to start seeing a counselor and a psychiatrist. How does this happen?? We begged and pleaded...and her doctors recommended that she goes to a different school. It was finally granted. Now, in addition to everything else, she has to get up 2 hours earlier to be driven to the new school. She has to make new friends, memorize new schedules, and so much more. Her life is flipped upside down because employees at EUMS can't be bothered to do their job...much less protect a child that is being tortured IN FRONT OF THEM. Yes...a teacher witnessed bullying and said there was nothing she could do. I don't understand how these people can be put in charge of hundreds of children.

Interesting school #lit #wannadropout #ok k bye

The school disregards 'normal' teaching that you will find in actual normal and high performance institutions. They force math and reading primarily onto the students in order to get them ready for end-of-year testing. The children do not learn proper grammar. The teachers let students take some tests off of notes or their text books. They preach they are against bullying, yet they only shrug it off when told it has happened (or if they witness it). The school is more worried about allowing the students to play on Google than actually learning the basics that will aid them in middle and high school. The school's PTA gives last minute notices about events (the day before or of) and expects parent involvement. They allow too many guardians and friends of guardians in and out of the school during operating hours (some even have criminal records for violence and/or PTSD).