511 Norman St
Hinesville, GA 31313

My son started at JMES in the middle of last year. At that time there was a change of teachers, and we were promised we would meet the new teacher, but that never happened. From the beginning, we noticed that communication was not good. Even so, for the 2025 school year we decided to give the school another chance to start fresh, but honestly the experience has not been what we expected. I don’t see good communication from the teacher to the parents. My son has always had very good grades, and in his current report he has excellent marks except in one class. I don’t think parents should only find out that their child is struggling when grades are released. The teacher should have communicated earlier so that we could provide reinforcement at home. We even wrote to the teacher to ask how he was doing, and the response was “excellent, he’s doing very well,” which reassured us. However, the grade did not match that response.Another important issue is that school activities are announced with very little notice, which makes it difficult for families to stay organized. In addition, my son had an incident where another student stole something from his backpack, and the teacher never contacted us or handled the situation according to my son. He also had problems with another student, and when my son tried to explain or express what happened, he was told it wasn’t his turn to talk. I think it is essential to listen to children, even if it’s “not the right moment,” because that doesn’t mean what they have to say isn’t important.I also believe parents should be notified when emergency drills take place. I find it inappropriate to only find out when picking up my son that they had a lockdown drill. Even if these are just practices, they should be communicated in advance so that parents are informed and prepared, since it creates unnecessary concern not knowing what is happening inside the school.My son is disciplined, follows study routines every day, and I do my best to make sure he feels good about his classes. He even sends me voice messages from school telling me what is going on because he feels the teachers don’t do anything. For this reason, I believe JMES needs more structure, better communication with parents, and greater attention from staff toward students in order to truly become a good school.

This school is a complete nightmare. It's more of a prison than an actual school and just being here feels very, very unsafe. The teacher don't really care about how the students are, the admin aren't very caring of how the students are doing and care more about phones.

Midway middle school focuses on student behavior and not academics. As a current student myself, the staff constantly tell us about our behavior, which isn’t what school is for. School is for ensuring success in a scholar’s life through education, not discipline. In my opinion, Midway MS should clearly focus on making sure their teachers are actually teaching and not just writing referrals.