Thunder Ridge Middle School

I have 2 children that went to this school since 2019. They have always had wonderful teachers there who are supportive of their learning, but we found a lot of these teachers were leaving and there was a lot of turnover in the earlier years. This past year 24-25 there was a new principal that started at this school and she has been amazing compared to the previous principal. She engages with the community, parents, and students and I think she will really revive this school. The school is a title 1 school with all of the challenges that this brings, so I'm sad to see that some areas they don't have as much funding for like a full time music teacher. I really hope that this doesn't get worse in the future given the real potential to eliminate the DoE and the funding that this brings to the school.The biggest criticism I have is that it took a while to get my 2nd child on a specialized learning plan as she has some struggles with encoding/decoding and this doesn't show up in her overall test scores because she is gifted in other areas. So it took a while to get this taken care of, because you have to dig deeper at her reading scores and evaluations to get to that. Fortunately we got the attention of the new principal and her teacher and were able to get her on the right path.

My child just started pre-k and she’s loving it. Her teacher is friendly and supportive. The staff have been very welcoming. They treat the children with kindness and respect.

exceptional school with truly amazing teachers who genuinely care about every student and consistently go the extra mile to support them. The administration is transparent, approachable. We feel incredibly fortunate to be part of such a positive and supportive environment.

Most of the staff is amazing. Sadly, there are people who try to run things when they have no right or experience (ex. ILC paras-not all, just some). They leave the room disgusting while they sit and do nothing but gossip, backstab, and gaslight other adults. Only a few of them actually support how they are asked to suport. Several good teachers have left because of this. They need to be removed before more lives are negatively affected.

We absolutely love Aspen Crossing! The staff are amazing from the front office, the leadership, to the support in the classroom! We love the character development and values being taught and are so grateful to be apart of this community!