5080 Newpark Dr NW
Acworth, GA 30101

There are some amazing teachers at this school but unfortunately there are also some terrible ones who have no business teaching as they display favoritism and bias and are clearly not passionate about nurturing children and making a positive impact nor have the people skills to deal with parents. My experience with the administration is that they protect their own at the expense of your child. Bullying is not addressed and handled in a very dismissive manner. There is no accountability on the part of staff should your child suffer in anyway. I don't believe that all the children recieve the same level of education and support at this school as another reviewer stated, the wealthy and privelaged students will have a positive experience here. Its really sad how much education has declined since Covid.

My child has attended Durham Middle School grades 6-8. My child has greatly improved each year because of the leadership of admistration and teachers, and support staff. My child had issues with herself and with being bullied. The support of adminsitration, guidance couselor, and teachers with their constant monitoring of my child and constant phone calls when needed to provide me with the kind of communication I needed to understand how things are handled at the school and what as a parent I could do to help my child. She was in a targeted math program in her first year at the school which helped her so much having the extra support staff to help her. Teachers have my highest regard for what they do in providing learning experiences for my child. Their approach to homework was impressive. Our engagement as a family with the school impressed me as to the many opportunities provided to us to be involved and enjoy such things as outside music concerts with band and chorus. I am also thrilled my child was allowed to take high school credit first year Spanish. I feel foreign languages are important not only to our place in the world but also as I myself had my English skills reinforced as she has in studying grammar of that language for example she knows adjectives in Spanish now as she knows how to recognize thme in English. In ending my super comment I want to say to Drham Middle School is a big THANK YOU for my child's well-being, safety in knowing she is in a secure building, and for the kindness she gets in her learning experience.

There was a kid vaping in the bathroom