Brookside Path
Murfreesboro, TN 37128

Hands down the worst school in Rutherford country with the worst administration and staff. Adults name call children and deny it, the favoritism is out of control, the clique with the adults is like high school, they will punish children 3-4 times for one offense, they blanket punish without looking into cause or details, they punish students based solely on other students reports with no adult present, all staff do not follow 504 plans, I could go on for days. I watched my well behaved kids who made decent grades slowly digress into having low confidence, poor grades, and emotional turmoil at this school. The principal does not listen to parents concerns. There is no “community”, parents are not invited to any type of class participation, holiday parties etc. You can’t walk your child to class on the first day of school, overall the environment there definitely pushes parents out. I’d give less stars if I could. I’ve lived in Rutherford co my entire life and I’ve never had as poor of an experience as I have had at CHMS. Do not send your child here if you can avoid it, please do.

We have been at Salem since ribbon cutting. All three of our children have attended several years. One is now in high school, one in middle and our youngest is a current Salem Saint. We are dual zoned city and county. So we have a choice and chose Salem. We have been very happy with our experience. Our youngest has an IEP for medical issues and a reading disability. Her intervention teacher has been amazing. Our child had a two year regression of tested academic skills during Covid her kindergarten year due to a severe medical condition before diagnosis. We are very involved parents who have partnered with the school and the results have been amazing. In 4th grade she’s nearly completely on track in reading and earned all A’s. There is. A lot of parent involvement, the PTO is very active as well and there are a lot of fun clubs and activities for kids. They also offer ESP after school care (the county elementary schools do not). We love Salem!