H. Y. Livesay Middle School

This school does not encourage parent involvement unless you were born and raised in this area. I have tried to insert myself as much as possible to be involved in my children's classrooms, and it has been a struggle. And there are unfortunately no extra curricular things for the kids: no music, no art, no second language classes. My kids come home telling me which teachers were yelling in the lunchroom or car line that day. From my experience inside the school, the students are often told how bad they are when they mess up instead of being encouraged by their good behavior.