Hillside Middle School

The principle is awful My child comes home, crying every day, saying how much she doesn’t like the principal yelling at her other than that the teachers are nice along with the yard duties but then again, the principal is really bad, and I will be pulling my child out of the school and in regards to her education, she comes home, saying that she didn’t really learn anything

My boys go to Mountain View and we absolutely love it ! The teachers are excellent and very attentive to the children not to mention the office staff and principal. I have seen her get down on her knees to tie children’s shoes. I highly recommend this school ! Goooo Mountain View !

The school’s culture has declined since the new principal began running this campus in 2019-2020 school year. Kids are either mean or scared , the leader lacks conflict resolution skills, therefore bullying remains unaddressed. The energy this principal puts into enforcing drop offs with their bullhorn could be better spent implementing and following through with an anti bullying campaign. And instead of interrogating children, they should look to bringing the children together. There needs to be a serious change and it starts with this principal.

This is my 8th year with kids at Sycamore. I have very mixed feelings about this school. Basically, they can be broken down as the teachers are fantastic and the administration is awful. If you are considering Sycamore and think your child needs special education services, I would recommend sending them somewhere else (because they will probably not get an IEP at Sycamore.) Also, Sycamore has a LOT of combination classes. I think I have had kids in combination classes for 4 years. This year, one of my kids is in a class with 5 other students her own grade and ~22 students a different grade. However, none of my kids have had a bad teacher - they have all been great.

My child is a current student, she is on her 2nd year and enjoys going to school. Yes there is a lot of homework given, starting 1st grade but all the homework so far is of what was done that day. Some days we breeze through homework because she got it and other days we spend more time because she didn’t get it in class. So far staff have been accommodating when it comes to my child. The school has a very strong PTA and so there is many fun activities for the students all year long. The school is very big in parent participation but don’t make you feel back if you can participate as much as other parents.