Taylor Junior High School

I totally agree with opinion that SOME of the teachers at Taylor are not the best. This is due to the fact that the new principal is a horrible principal. A principal can make a school great or ruin it, and she is ruining Taylor Jr. High. A good principal will be able to attract and keep good teachers. She has run off excellent teachers (and more excellent teachers are planning on leaving) because she is such a dictator and makes horrible decisions that are not best for students or teachers. Then when it is time to hire new teachers, the good teachers out there have heard all about her and don't want to work in those conditions. The District will not get rid of a principal unless parents get involved...even though your child is at this school for only 2 years, it is two very important years to building the foundation to your student being successful in high school. The principal at Taylor has made countless bad decisions and I am begging all parents to get involved and tell the Superintendent if you are unhappy about anything the principal is doing.
--Submitted by a parent

I agree with the other posts however I want to discuss the lack of qualified teachers. Needless to say the school scrapes from the bottom of the barrel when it comes to hiring teachers, but they really hit bottom when they hired one particular teacher. For privacy reasons I will not disclose his full name, however I will use the initials A.R (though he goes by the nickname Gus". He is a teacher/coach and absolutely unqualified. If you google his name you will find blogs that he has written bad mouthing his previous school/district (Roosevelt). How this teacher has kept his job and certification is beyond me. The fact that he has written blogs about his previous administrators and coworkers is absurd. He even has written about previous students! He clearly does not have the students best interest in hand. If he is not investigated immediately I will pull my child form this school. Come on now! Here is a teacher writing blogs on the internet breaking privacy rules and acting like a child when he is supposed to be teaching our children! My child has also heard him openly talking about his ex-wife, their divorce, and incidents that took place at this previous schools.
--Submitted by a parent

Leadership at this school is poor to say the least. Classes are way too big for a school that has full inclusion. Students with special educational needs deserve to have smaller class sizes. I know that some of these classes have as many as 39 students in them. That is not good enough for my kids. I am going elsewhere. When I visited the school the office staff was welcoming but the Principal seemed cold and somewhat unfriendly. The school overall has a very unwelcoming feeling, especially in the cafeteria area. There were many students who were dressed immodestly. It does not seem as there is a dress code there that is enforced. I don't want my kids dressing like that or associating with kids that do. If you are thinking about Taylor Jr. High, I would just keep on looking. It did not give me a good impression.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is changing and starting to have a lot of problems. It was once a very good school. My child cannot learn in an enviorment a teacher can't teach. It's just the beginning of the school year and kids are making teachers leave the classroom because their frustrated and can't handle the class. Parents please teach your kids to be respectful and keep them from disrupting the class because they don't want to learn. It's not fair to those that do. I am seeing a lot of this within the district. We can't always blame the schools. It has a lot to do with parent involvement. Most of the disruptive kids parents aren't involved and we need to implement some rules for them to be held responsible.
--Submitted by a parent

Will be transfering my Granddaughter to another school. Bullying, rude language, to many gang bangers at Taylor. Not a great enviroment to be trapped in...New Principal and Counselor not at all helpful.

Taylor is a pretty strict school that demands the best from its students and over all is pretty fun becaause it has clubs like the bookclub that you can join and the teachers seem to really care about the students
--Submitted by a student

Taylor is a great school with many awsome teachers that truely really about the students.
--Submitted by a student

Taylor has been wonderful to my children. With all the issues that may arise Taylor is wonderful. Yes there may be fights, but hmm what school doesn't. Yes there may be rude/unacceptable language, but hello.. it's junior high. The teachers and wonderful and Mr. Fowler and Mr. Arnett are wonderful and always willing to help with any situation that involves the kids there and the school. Taylor Junior High has good test scores and the school has been awesome! I'd recommend anyone to have their children attend Taylor.
--Submitted by a parent

tjh is an ok school. it is great academic wise, but there is far too many fights, i do not feel comfortable or safe there. theres great sports offered, but the learning environment is not positive.
--Submitted by a student

In my three years there, I have had the greatest teachers and experiences. Some of my peers are very disrespectful, and inconsiderate of one another. The one major problem I think Taylor has is the crude language used by mainly students and a few teachers.
--Submitted by Jeanette, a student