Saint Marys Middle School

The bullying and violence are out of control there a many incident daily and at least 4 families have pulled their students to Home school because of this and the lack of care for or enforcement of 504 and IEPs. Do better. This is despicable, disgraceful and disrespectful to the students/children, parents and the community.

Unfortunately, the problem at this school starts at the top. The administration has no interest in supporting students with neurodivergent behavior nor do they seem to care to do better. My child was unable to academically succeed in this school due to a refusal to honor 504 accommodations and a denial of his psychiatric pediatrician’s recommendation for an IEP. They said he didn’t “seem autistic enough for an IEP because he was so intelligent and well-spoken.” He was reprimanded constantly for behaviors directly related to his disability, and the administrators refused to help him when he was bullied to the point of having suicidal ideations. They will circle the wagons and cover their behinds to protect their own. It’s not a good school if you aren’t rich, white, and neurotypical

Our student has been bullied for the last few months at SMMS. Reaching out to the principal has been a complete waste of time. We have never once received a response by phone or email from the principal or anyone representing the administration at this school. The one time we did meet with an administrator, our student was accused of lying about their experiences. We even reached out to the school board who referred us back to the principal directly and told us that he spoke to the principal and instructed her to speak with us. That was over a week ago and we still have not heard anything.This school knows that bullying exists, and in some cases in severe forms to the students. In our experience, they either cover it up so people are unaware of it or they ignore it completely. We have never experienced an administration for a school that has zero concern for their students and a complete lack of respect for the parents.

Our experience has been pretty good. There were some hiccups in my daughter's first year due to overly strict dress code enforcement and a bizarre no backpack rule, but this has since calmed down with the new principal. This school is now STEM certified as of late last school year. My daughter is going into 8th grade this year and has always been in the AP classes. Her grades are decent and the staff are very supportive of their students and the extracurricular activities they take on. Overall, I'd rate this school as Very Good with teachers that really do care about their students.

My child was in the gifted program and we did not agree with the way they put our child on a pedestal. She hated it. .she had to sit on an elevated level at lunch ... above her friends, looking down on her friends ..