1013 E Platte Ave
Colorado Springs, CO 80903

My daughter has attended here since kindergarten the staff has always been friendly her teachers do a good job as far as I can tell. I think any issues regarding children being bullied is way blown out of proportion and maybe the parents that keep posting bad reviews need to work on not being helicopter parents as much and maybe need to get there kids to toughen up a little bit. I know it's not fun but at some point your kids will have to grow up and face like real life and not get coddled anymore and at that point all your doing is setting your child up for failure by not giving them a chance to deal with some of life's adversity and conflict that they will inevitably have to face on their own so maybe all the bad reviews here that oddly said the same thing 10 different times that were probably all written by the same helicopter parent should consider not babying your kid quite as much and focus on teaching them to deal with conflict a tad bit better instead of crying and then having you go freak out on someone because you can't deal with your kid having a mark on them.(What does that even mean?) When I was in grade school I came home with marks all over, it wasn't cause It was a bad school it's because I was a rowdy little kid playing with friends on a playgroyund, it could be from running and falling on a gravel playground, or slipping on a monkey bar, or having monkey bar fights and falling off the monkey bars.Or trying to do a flip off the swings and falling as well 8000 other possible instances that would potentially leave a mark on me...even a dodgeball can leave a mark on a child's arm or leg. So I'd take the 1 star reviews posted with a grain of salt as it is pretty obvious the same upset parent has posted multiple bad reviews cause they are upset about not having there kid get babied continuously with no regard to how their kid probably acts when they are not present. Just a thought.But honestly I think this has done a.fine.up to now keep in mind when public.schools are all underfunded teachers are underpaid it doesn't create the best opportunity to create an amazing school experience when the school is understaffed the staff is underpaid the districts leadership is changing constantly so I think they best they can with the resources they have to work with.

I feel like North Middle School is the poster child of what not to do in a school. First, the school is old. It's been around for over 70 years at this point. Along with age comes lack of certain things, like decent ventilation. The school was shut down once in the 22-23 school year because of an "unexplained" smell. I'm still not sure we have gotten the truth about it. At least once a week, my child texts me, or tells me after school, that the school has a certain smell again and is starting to feel sick from it. Nothing is ever done. Pick up and drop off is just stupid at this school. There is no real parking area for parents to wait, so the road around the school is just littered with cars as parents park in the middle of the road to wait or in a cross walk. Students dare in between cars to get to their parents, but half the time you are lucky to see them. It's only a matter of time before a student is struck by a car at this school. Complaining to the school principal did nothing. Oh sure, she sent out one email about it and added a small snippet to the weekly emails, but no teachers, principal, security, or whatever is out there dealing with the matter (even after the principal promised it would be looked into.) I walk my child to and from the car because it's just that bad. Teachers don't really "teach" from what I have been told by my child. Her ELA teacher just hands her a packet of worksheets and tells her to figure it out. I could do that at home... couldn't I?Apparently kids can skip class here easily too and parents aren't told about it until 1-2 hours after school is out for the day. How can my child go to 6 classes in a row, but by the 7th class they just don't realize they are not in class? Do they not monitor the halls or bathrooms to make sure students are where they are meant to be? What happens if a child just decides to say "I don't want to be here" and walks out a door? Parents wouldn't know until after school when they pick the kid up! I'm so glad my student will not be attending this school next year. Between what I have listed and a bunch of other things (bullying, for example) I feel like my kid is going to need a lot of therapy over the summer because this school has done a number of them.

Great school. They have a lot of programs that other schools don't offer. Culturally diverse and a lot of school pride. The teachers and staff at this school are incredible.