Fruit Cove Middle School

The best decision we could make for my son was to take him to FCMS. His academic development and excellent grades have been support by the teachers he has had during these 3 years at school, especially Mrs. Farbo, Mr. Porter, Mr. Villadonga and Mrs. Alford who have developed his social skills. We are very happy that my son has been part of the history of FCMS!!!

Iv’e been going to this school for 3 years and luckly its my last. in 6th grade i was bullied by the other kids and still hear them TILL THIS DAY saying bad things about me and others. This school needs to teach more about bullying because its disgusting. If you arent popular or arent liked by the staff then they will ignore every need. The school cares more about what a girl is wearing than actual bullying and racism. The schools dress code is also extremely sexist, my friend got dress coded for wearing shorts that werent that short but i have seen boys wearing even shorter shorts. They will not allow you to wear pj pants for absolutely no reason. This school also does NOTHING about the racism. I have seen my friend being mocked and being said racial slurs to and the school hasnt done anything about it. The amount of fights i have experianced in 3 years is absolutely crazy. Last year there was a fight that occured and a teacher got fired. He wasnt involved with it, it was just by his door. You are assigned lunch seats and are not allowed to move? They dont take attendance so theres no reason we should be assigned. You have to pay school points to buy a pass thats only a week long to sit with your friends. The food is so cheap its disgusting, the water also tastes so bad. You are not allowed to have your phones out at all even before 7:30 and not even at lunch. If you are going to send your kid here, dont. This school is horrible. I am mentally and physically drained from this experience. SAVE THE CHILDREN!!

Terrible experience with this school. Unfair policies, favoritism and a culture of looking for reasons to punish kids. My experiences with the Vice Principal have been disappointing to say the least. She is NOT in it for what is best for the students. I have many examples. This school does not believe in creating a fun and positive learning atmosphere for kids. My son's experience at the K-8 school in our neighborhood was 100% better. I've heard that Fruit Cove is older and that the administration and teachers are all the subpar teachers who haven't been recruited to the newer schools. Based on my experience, I would agree.

The bullying starts on the bus. A lot of racist slurs constantly uttered by these kids. Not isolated incidents when they happend literally every single day on buses and throughout the school day. thought we live in a diverse and friendly community, it seems racism is taught to many at home to be brought to school for staff/administration to ignore "as kids being kids". Not sure what these kids will grow up to be in the community if this is what their behavior is like right now. I also wonder if there is a set number that the school is waiting to reach in terms of deaths/injuries/fights in order to just put a stop to this kind of behavior. The safest place for kids is becoming most dangerous place and things are constantly getting worse, and school/administration will just follow "protocols", hide behind inaction and fail to protect most vulnerable in our society.

Kids are very bully, school doesn't do much about it,it is very bad place for sensitive kids,messed up staff