Haddam-Killingworth Middle School

My son attended this school for a year and a half. We were given a warm welcome and a private tour while enrolling. He had no noteworthy adjustment problems. He mainly hung out with the same 5 kids during his time there, which was fine by him as he didn't have popularity aspirations. His social life was fine, with occasional parties within his group. He says he didn't see any bullying in the classic sense. He might not have noticed however, as everyone knows bullying is often covert. He never felt unsafe. He enjoyed the drawing club after school. His teachers were generally competent, several being standouts (Especially Mr. Houlton, Mr. Flowers, and his English and math teachers whose names I forget. Sorry.) I was pleased with the curriculum. Parent communication with teachers was good and respectful. Teachers made themselves available for help or catching up after school. I have no complaints. This was his only schooling, outside of self educating, that he received before attending high school. He is now #1 in his high school class of 274 and has a good social life. I consider his time at H-K middle school an important part of his educational journey so far.

It changed my perspective on how education in this town is done. My experience made me who I am but, it was from those rare teachers and my friends. I dreaded going to school and dealing with rude staff who didn’t seem to understand students and their issues. It was all about getting through the curriculum set up for them and pumping out “good grades” for the state stats and to retain the very high budget.

Horrendous. The principal literally told me, “I will never believe your child.”

Not good, then are not responsive to parents concerns and in my opinions should be reviewed by the state to see if the children's rights are not violated and that their educational needs are being met

As a parent of two daughters that are in this district I can not say enough of great things about the schools. I just wanted to say thank you to all the teachers and staff and parents for making HKHS and HKMS a great place. We moved from Clinton , to give our children a better education.