Mrachek Middle School

My son went to this school in 2024 he had a great 2nd grade teacher who ended up retiring after that year ended, 2025 came he's now in 3rd grade his teacher speculated, a lot that was going on as far as his learning he had an IEP which he knew, Other parents disliked this teacher and I made him aware of that and I said I would give him the benefit of the doubt (this was verbally) my son told me that he would say slick things to him while not in my presence when I asked him was this said, he told me he did not speak to my child that way I know my son would not lie to me this teacher began to be very disrespectful to me I held my ground like a lady my child then dealt with another individual in the classroom this teacher during conferences exposed some information about another child to me and then becameargumentative long story short, I had to call the Super Intendant about the matter because no one took accountability for what happened I expect my child to be in a safe environment when he is at school and if there are any issues that involve my child I would like to know but that was not the case I was disappointed with the situation involving my son if you plan to have your child go to this school and you are a person of color as well as your child I would not recommend putting my child in this school until they get rid of the principle and the dean they both seem to have an issue with people of color and this is not a school I want to have my child at 2026 horrible, after the New Year Jan 2026 I moved my son to another school and he could not be a happier 3rd grader now going to 4th again I would not recommend this school while the principal and the dean are there horrible communication.

I’m horrified reading the negative comments and they make me laugh. I’m just thinking they are due to a lack of education themselves or had one bad experience and and has to blame someone for it.The school is very effective and does everything possible to meet the students needs. I’m not familiar with their special ed department though, but they have small groups & interventionists that meet students needs with reading.

My son attended Iowa K-5th grade in 2001, and it was a great school. My grandson enrolled in 2021 to 2025. And this school has gotten so bad. It took them 6 months to complete and IEP evaluation. When I kept bothering them weekly for it, I was told it was just not done by the person in charge of IEPs. Therefore, my it was survival mode in class for my 3rd grader, and he continued to give up on his education it was a daily fight to keep him motivated and focused on class and at home with homework. Then I went to field day, and it was nothing but kids hitting, screaming at each other there was all of the centers were not team building monitored or educational. One thing I will point out is we had a very caring teacher who tried to do his best but was a 1st year teacher and did not know the IEP process. Our teacher had a hard time teaching the class as there were so many behavior issues and non English speaking students. After finally getting the IEP process completed, we found out there was no need for an IEP but we did need a 504 plan for him. This was a very hectic miserable year for us, and we will not return to Iowa ever again as there is no support from the principle or other staff and my child was in survival mode.

Do not send your kid to the school if they have special needs. You will not have the help that you need. They will put you through circles and confuse you and not help. For example, my fifth grader is at a kindergarten level because they continued to push him through each grade, even though he was far behind everybody else. I would not recommend the school to anybody that wants their kid to have a one on one para if your kid elopes or has behavior problems. They do not have enough staff to take care of each student.