Bear Creek Intermediate School

Leadership at this school is very sketchy. We rarely saw the principal out and about. Always the VPs. One VP in particular made me want to remove my child from this school (which we did) and left the district.We moved here from out of state and my child had problems making any friends. Felt horrible for them, but it was not a friendly place for us.

Our son loves the school. The teachers care about the students and support them in achieving their goals.

Love the teachers and staff working here at this school. My daughter loves it there so far.

I do not recommend this school to anyone. The teachers do not teach in any of the core classes like math, English, subjects. It's expected that the students know what and how to do the assignments. The motto on the KISD website says it all, " Intentionally Exceptional". Very egotistic. The science and social studies classes, seem to go ok. The way that the school provides instructions on the papers is very poor. So, no wonder the kids struggle here. Communication is at best a struggle with the school. Bullying to include verbal and physical, has been a big problem at this school, and only until it's brought to the school's attention, did they take notice, and take any corrective action. So, what actually is being monitored on a daily basis, in this school, comes into question. The STARR test seems to be the biggest concern at this school, like all of them. The state standard is all they seem to be concerned with. Only until an assignment is missing do the teachers reach out to you, and by then, its too late, your child is going to get a marked down grade, but hey as long as they do good on the STARR test, all is looking good for them, by the state. The fact that the school uses Google, a free site to post assignments, Aeries to post grades and assignments, and an assortment of apps, makes it difficult to track assignments. Assignments don't have the same name on the different platforms, and they aren't numbered so as to quickly navigate from one platform to another, to find the actual assignment. Very dysfunctional and disorganized. ALso, the process to find assignments, is not very consistent, and they only give a couple of days from the time the assignment is posted, and when its due to be completed.

My child is having a rough time at BCIS. Teachers do not assist with classmates bullying each other nor do they control the inappropriate conversations 10 year old students have in class. I was excited for my daughter to attend the same school I attended but it is nothing like it used to be. Their biggest concern is to push testing scores for academic recognition rather than putting the children first. It's not the same and it is very disappointing to me. I hope to find a new home in a different district because KISD is not a district I would ever recommend to anyone. She came from a Birdville school and regret ever moving from that district. If you want normalcy for your children and a positive environment, this is not the school for them. This review saddens me because I loved this school when I was young.