J L Long Middle School

My family had an incredible experience at Lumin. I am so grateful my children attended this school. We continue to watch them flourish after leaving, which solidified my confidence in their early education and experiences at Lumin. The teachers throughout our time there were communicative and dedicated to providing an enriched environment for the children. The Montessori classrooms allowed my kids to develop a sense of community, empowerment, and purpose. The diverse community became an enormous part of our lives during our six years at Lumin and beyond.

The food is terrible, the bathrooms stink, there is annoying students, we always have exams and tests, this school is terrible! It's so boring I got food poisoning it's so bad I want to give it a zero but I can't please don't come to the school

Our grandson has special needs and his team of teachers and all of the staff have displayed FULL SUPPORT. To be honest my daughter would love to move but has chosen to stay in this neighborhood because of the school. We have seen the growth in our grandson. We feel supported even though there have been challenges and there will always be some level of challenge. The staff have worked together to think outside of the box for solutions to ensure safey regarding eloping. I feel very secure sending our grandson here.

Mount Auburn is an excellent school and has made great progress the time our kid have been with. Their PK-3 coaching last year with our son is one of the best we’ve seen. Thank you Ms.Salazar and Ms.Guerrero.

Our first year at this school was okay, mainly because my son had a great teacher, Mrs. Singleton, and a great principal, Mrs. Williams. Unfortunately, the quality of learning overall is not the best, which is reflected in the school’s 5/10 rating.From my experience, the school seems to cater more to Hispanic and white students. Many of the teachers don’t seem to know how to effectively communicate with or understand Black children, which may explain why only about 3% of the students at the school are Black. They’re not allowed to talk during lunch, and even during PE the coach expects them to sit down and stay quiet.Since the new principal took over, things have gotten worse. She appears incompetent when it comes to handling behavior issues. Instead of doing proper research, checking cameras, or gathering all the facts, she often just assumes or takes another child’s word for what happened.Based on our experience, I would strongly caution Black parents before enrolling their child here.

The school is unorganized for starters. The lines are way too long much longer than they should be. They have no bus buses one parking lot. It’s just ridiculous. Sometimes you have to sit in line for hours just to pick up your child. It’s ridiculous. I’m definitely enrolling my son somewhere else next year.