Del City Middle School

My kids are third generation Comets. This year the school did a staffing overhaul from the principal all the way down to the bottom. There is only 1 teacher that started this year with less than 5 years experience. It’s a small country feel type school, everyone knows everyone, excellent racial diversity, and amazing staff. I recommend out of most Mid - Del Elementary schools, even above Soldier Creek.

The principal is nice, but ignorant of laws related to students with disabilities. It was a struggle to get supports in place, because the teacher dragged their feet submitting the paperwork for an IEP for my child with behavioral and learning disabilities, despite the request being made in writing on the first day of school, and they were chronically suspended or taken out of class for trivial offenses the entire year. Admittedly, my child had substantial conduct problems, but the teacher would not follow the 504 plan that took 6 months to get in place, and the principal backed the teacher every time. I felt bullied and shamed the entire school for my child's behavior, even though the kid was generally well behaved and did their work when the plan was being followed. This was our first any only year at this school, my child has had these problems since pre-K, and we have never had this much difficulty getting supports in place and having their behavior plan followed.