12831 Dupont Ave S
Burnsville, MN 55337

I heard that the school is ok

Hey, so this school is kind of a nightmare and i'm not afraid to say it. I'm in 8th grade currently, and no one manages anything there. There's really no punishment for bullies, because the kids who do that just act really nice in front of the teachers so when we tell the teachers; "(insert name here) is bullying me" they don't believe it or they don't do anything in their action. It's honestly really sad. And just this year they changed a lot of the rules which i think is unnecessary. We don't have much freedom anymore. 1) -we cant bring food outside the lunchroom. (people don't finish their food. + no sharing food) 2) -no backpacks. (backpacks are usually cheaper, like the ones you can buy at 5 below, dollar tree, and other cheap places. But binders (especially the ones that are recommenced are pretty pricey. Plus, if this school is worried about weapons and firearms you can literally fit a gun in a binder AND backpack. AND if you have your backpack THEY will actually take it away.)3) -we only have 7 bathroom passes for the whole quarter. (just doesn't make any sense.) 4) no phones during the day not even passing time, plus when we have a ACTUAL LOCK DOWN we have the "phones away rule" even though they're literally an active shooter in the building.. you have to wait 10 minutes but still. ( i have no problem with having no phones out but i think this is too far. ) i can list way more.I've already said it but this school also has a huge bullying problem, last year it was really bad but i'm sure all the fighting will come back this year. There honestly were so many fights last year (and i almost was gonna get jumped by a kid who was chasing me down.) I have been bullied severely here.-I've been started at, threatened, almost punched, had to deal with mental abuse. people have made me so sick of this school. And tons of my friends, other people i don't know, they are just not being heard. I can't believe that this school is like this. You never feel like you belong there. And we are SICK of feeling like this, we feel horrible, we don't wanna stay quiet. I can speak for a lot of people here. I hate this school.thank you, -Student Of NMS.

This schools is absolutely amazing, please don’t let the low test scores steer you away. The staff at the school are absolutely amazing at their job and you can tell they genuinely love what they do and it shows through the work through the children. I would say on a social emotional level this school really meets the children’s needs and looks from the child’s point of view. They help support the children and give them the tools they need to grow and be successful my son had a very hard first five months at his other school moving him to this school has been a night and day experience and I cannot be more thankful and grateful for his teacher. She is absolutely wonderful and my child is succeeding every day and he gets to enjoy every single day and this is the first time he is able to participate in specialists classes which is very sad as the year is almost over. I would recommend this school to everyone!! My son is my world and it’s scary sending your child to kindergarten for the first time. Well I promise you this school will make you feel so comfortable and welcome your child with open arms. Also they understand all children learn different. Please do your research when looking into schools My 5 year old had the worst experience at another Burnsville district school! Just awful and heartbreaking! This school has changed his whole experience and made it a positive experience for my now 6 year old.