Harriet G. Eddy Middle School

Parents move to a different area immediately....don't send you kids here. Opt for Elizabeth Pinkerton or Toby Johnson. Honors classes are decent, but regular classes are freakin zoos. Awful teachers: Mr. Runstead---treats students like IDIOTS. Ms Sachao---expecations even college students couldn't meet. Ms. Papas--screamer. Only thing worse than the teachers are the students themselves. 5 fights in the last 2 weeks...(yearly issue). Violent fights, not just boys being boys. Girl fights too. In front of the office...how obvious..and staff still can't get a handle on it? Today the ambulance had to be called for a violent girl fight. Often "both" kids are suspended even if one is the "victim". Admin tries hard...but this school has gone down hill progressively since it was opened. The one star is ONLY for Mr Winstead the band teacher who is so dedicated to the kids and the band...when he retires the school will have no redeeming qualities. I repeat...DO NOT SEND YOUR KID HERE. There is a high probabliity they will be jumped, bullied, or robbed at least once (if not more). PATHETIC!
--Submitted by a parent

I was very worried about my son going to this school, but it turned out to be one of the best things that has happened to him. The honors classes were great, and the new principal was at every event, even the high school meetings for incoming freshman. And the band teacher is just one of those people who were born to teach!
--Submitted by a parent

i Was an seven Grader At This School And It's An Excellent School To Go to academically

I am a student at Harriet Eddy, and I want to set the record straight. The school brought in a brand new principal and basically restructured the whole school. The new principal has a GREAT sense of humor, yet at the same time, he gets business done. He took this school from the depths of the EGUSD to turn it into a great school. I mean, there are the drug problems and fights, but that's middle school these days. It's everywhere. To me, it seems like everyone minds their own business and the students and teachers are really helpful and supportive. This is a great school due to the faculty, administration, and students. I would enroll your students at Eddy because all the major gangs are at a lot of different middle school in Elk Grove. Overall, this is my favorite school ever.

I have been trying to work with this school and teachers for two years and it just has not been a good experience
--Submitted by a parent

The teachers at my sons school are great! They are wonderful with communication on my son's progress throughout the year. Much appreciated:)
--Submitted by a parent

To parents: Get your kid in as many Honors classes as possible. Those teachers are amazing, they taught me everything that I needed to know. It's the non-honors that's horrible: rowdy kids, discouraged teachers, etc. To the parent that thought that there were two policemen at school everyday: You're wrong, that's only for the dances :) Don't worry; as long as your kid doesn't act like a smart-alec know-it-all or a racist (trust me), s/he won't get beat up :) Great school, great teachers, bad admin. :P
--Submitted by a student

this school is so not well put tugether and they need to fix that now, before they get put out of business
--Submitted by a student

This school has so many problems. There are major issues with race with the students and it even seems like with the staff as well. The kids overall are way out of control. So disrespectful and disruptive and the administrators do little to take care of these issues. There seems to be a real lack of structure and rules. The kids get away with too much. My child left elementary school happy with excellent grades to stressed out with lower grades. My child has been bullied and little has been done about it. Some of the teachers are good but they seem to be stuck in a bad system as they do not seem to get much support from their administrators. I willing be enrolling my child elsewhere.
--Submitted by a parent

My sons struggles, but I have had a good experience with the counseling staff and teachers in addressing the problem. They called a meeting for me and have been very helpful. Parents have to be proactive too. There are certain 'students' that are quiet disruptive andt here are a lot of fights on campus. My son says he feels safe, but that there are students that disrupt the classes and he finds that discouraging. They need to get tougher with the troublemaker and thrown them out, making their parents more accountable. It's not fair to the kids that want to learn.
--Submitted by a parent