Bedford Junior High School

Bullying is a problem. It needs to be addressed and resolved without bias. It’s unfortunate that some children do not feel supported and safe at school.

They push parents out here. Don't expect to be included or listened to. And they create ridiculous rules. Kids are not allowed to play tag! Instead of punishing those not using safe hands they punish everyone. I made comments about concerns with staff and was pushed to the side and ignored.

I went to this school K5-Senior and graduated here.I went to SLCS as well as the church, LABC.It is a very legalistic school. Here is just a few of their rules:You are required to bring and read 1 Bible (KJV).You are required to have the principal as a friend on your social media accounts. Students are not allowed to go to movie theaters. Women can never wear pants and have to wear long skirts below the knee. Women have to have an extremely high neckline. Every morning the women have to walk in a circle around a teacher who eyes and tells them if their clothes are not modest enough and need to go home and change. If you sing in choir you can not “slide” when you sing and have strict singing guidelines.Why do they have all these rules? To help with education? No, they have strict legalistic rules be due if you don’t abide by these rules then you are extremely “worldly” and at State Line you are a Christian and need to be not like the “world”.Their rules are not scriptural is the issue. They are just rules they make up. I think they are attempting to produce legalistic drones but the issue is as soon as students graduate they typically go off the deep end because they think being a Christian means following all these rules. They don’t teach you what it truly means to be a Christian.I wish the school offered a counselor for students and parents.They don’t prepare you for college in the fact that they don’t help students try to receive grants, or apply for scholarships. They don’t reach out to students to help with college resources. You are all on your own in that regard.The pastor/leader of school loves sports. You can tell because students who play sports are looked as the most important people in the school. They can miss classes for games, practices, etc.I wish there would be more emphasis on things other than sports like art, photography, band, choir, etc.I believe they need more after school programs other than sports.Overall, I’d say this school needs a lot of change if they really want to reach students and truly prepare them outside of school.