Forest Park Middle School

I work for Teachers On Call, and have visited the school many times. The staff is not the nicest towards me. I am an Indian Woman with short hair, and there is not much diversity. Sometimes they complain to me about their jobs and I understand that it is a lot of work, but that is basically what the job description states as well.

I love it, honestly. I'm going to break the stereotypes of students here. The teachers are nice, the testing isn't too hard, homework is like 2-3 pages a day. I would recommend a proper sleep schedule, because backpacks are extremely heavy. The teachers are wonderful and have always helped me if there were a problem. Leadership is super effective, and this school builds character. One of its main mottos are ready, respectful and responsible. Although some kids are true troublemakers. As a person who is Asian, I have never experienced a learning difference between other kids. Kids with disabilities get the help they need to succeed. The school also handles bullying effectively, and always has. Special sites have been enforced to help with problems, such as SpeakUpSpeakOut. There is also an on-site school psychologist. Overall, I am gushing about this school and am sad to be leaving it. So if you have a kid who is moving here, you have nothing to worry about. I hope you enjoy this school as much as I do. Thanks!

Great school. The location, facilities, staff and Principal are good

Excellent school. I feel that Somme of what is written in the scores doesn't match my own experience at this school. Parent support is very high at this school too. I can only say that the entire experience here has been great.

I do not recommend this school one bit. To all the parents wanting to send their children here, listen to this. This school is great for learning their culture, such as Oneida, Ojibwe, Menominee, or any others. This school does NOT AT ALL DEAL WITH BULLYING, from many experiences and seeing others getting bullied. This school is the worst for discipline. This school will write you up for leaving a classroom for an emergency. But this school will not write you up for MULTIPLE BULLYING SITUATIONS. I’ve seen the behind the scenes of this system, and this school is opposite, than what this school should actually be. I am too upset, with this school handling the things, the way they do. They will not punish for kids getting pushed, slurs said to them, nor any type of bullying. All the teachers have a favorite student, that they will make them past the class, NOT MEETING THE GUIDELINES/RUBRICS. But will fail the kid, that meets the rubric, and tries their best. Will pass the kid that doesn’t know what he’s doing most of the time, gets an A+. While the girl that is exceeding the rubrics has a B+. I’ve been in the situation, where kids spit in my food. The teachers doing nothing about it, after I’ve brought it up multiple times to all of the teachers. When kids are making the other children not eat, or regurgitating their food. Is when it becomes a problem, which isn’t at all dealt with. So again, only send your child here, if you teach them to stand up for themselves, be prepared to possibly be favored over(not equal), and be prepared to most likely be bullied. I will say this for the rest of my existence, and no child deserves to be treated poorly, as they are not good enough.

5 star. I have two children who attend this school. We are very happy with our experience. If you are looking for a school that focuses on building character as well as academics, this is a good fit for you. My only complaint is that the Arts and Music could get more attention, as well as sports. With small numbers, it is hard to have a variety of sports teams. But the flip side of this is that my children's classes are small in number so they get extra attention with academics, they are reading well above grade level and are excelling academically - they get a lot of attention from teachers - I have no complaints about their education, just wish there were a few more students so they could have that team building with more variety of sports teams.