East Paulding Middle School

Take caution if sending your child here. My son has been jumped in the bathroom by a gang, phone calls/emails are not answered or returned, and his IEP has been violated multiple times.A formal complaint has been filed but I want this to be public. My hope is that it will save your child the heart ache mine has had to endure.Mr. Alverson, the principal, doesn’t return calls, makes excuses, and doesn’t seem to care about the emotional well being of children. Please do research. There is a group on Facebook that uncovers it all. Other families sharing what they have had to endure while at EPMS.We hope that you are able to find an amazing school for your child! Best of luck!

I have an 8th grader and 6th grader at EPMS. The 6th grader has struggled big time with being bullied and fitting in with peers. The 8th grader has done well his whole time. Teachers in all grades have been beyond AMAZING (with very few exceptions) for both kids.

the 8th graders did drugs in the bathroom and my friend got yelled at cause i was brushing there hair

I am a seventh grader at this school and i'm going to warn you why you shouldn't go to this poor excuse of a school. One the school is old and there is mold on the ceilings not very healthy. The classrooms are pretty humid and the eating doesn't work at all and in this time of the year it's really cold. Next the food you can't change much about that sub par. The students now this is where it gets bad the students say racist things, they degrade you, they make you feel incompetent about yourself, and honestly once the teachers sit down at their desk they ignore everything some kids will be fighting and the teachers won't notice. The discipline of this school is pretty poor the staff is practically blind. Another thing about the students they bully you constantly and they say its just a joke that honestly annoys me to another degree. If you aren't with the "cool kids" you are practically ignored and they constantly and i mean constantly insult you. It hurts alot but there are some people students who are kind and you can actually call them friends. The band you may as well go to another school if you want a good band unless your willing to play low level music( this part is purely opinion and should be taken lightly). Overall the building is in poor condition, the students are more or less rude and care nothing about you, the teachers know their stuff but can be quite a bit blind to stuff that happens in class, the library has pretty good books, and there are better schools for your child.

They seem to be fine as long as you don't have to talk to them. Trying to get a meeting with the principal is less likely then winning the lottery and I still have yet to meet the man. I have to resort to threats just to have meetings! And I mean lawsuit type threats. They wouldn't speak to me about a bully problem on the bus a few months ago because I'm just a step dad. I had to get a form filled out by my stepsons mother and notarized just so they would speak to me about a bully. And the best part is they called his mom thinking I faked the document and the notary stamp. And good luck getting your voicemails listen to and a call back. I had to resort to calling the Paulding County School District just so something would happen about the bullies. And still the school did not call us. The teachers seem good I like them and the bus driver is great my stepson loves his classes but the administration on the other hand is poor and that is putting it nicely.