Elizabeth Terronez Middle School

I think Terronez is a horrible school. The current principal is leaving I wonder why! My daughter was a 3.0 student but that all changed when she went to Terronez. Her grades dropped. She was in the JDA program and they said if her grades dropped they would put her in tutoring but they didn't. The staff including the principal don't return phone calls. The office staff would always make mistakes on my daughter's attendance record. They would say that I didn't call in when I did, and they would mark her absent when she was on a field trip,and then call me to report her absence. Some questionable incidents have taken place in the classroom. My daughter has seen more fights at that school than I have in my 33 yrs. of life. Kids are also smoking weed on campus. I absolutely regret sending my daughter to that school. In my opinion the only good thing about Terronez is the Athletic Dept. Melissa Benabides(disappointed parent)
--Submitted by a parent

I think it is a great school and have a great football team, and staff. They work hard for the students providing leadership for them.
--Submitted by a parent

i find this school to be excellent in dealing with troubled students. i know first hand their social and physcilogical system is above and beyond what i could have expected. Even though my student was hard to deal with they keep reaching out and for that i am very grateful.
--Submitted by a parent

i think terronez is a great school lots of help understanding people staff very great kids very respectul and my kid gets what she needs to be excellent in school
--Submitted by a parent

i like it here, its soo fun on friday!
--Submitted by a student

This school is very protective and im am very happy to attend this school i love this school because, our schools niceness and i think TERRONEZ makes a wonderfull middle school..I love MR.WELLs, MR.PETERs, MS.SRIRI and i love the administration they all so nice and they care about our learning and i would like to thank them and there hard work..=] THANK YOU TERRONEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL.... -------Love Always Jessica H
--Submitted by a student

Teacher quality: there are teachers there who genuinely care and work hard, zero hw came home, save one class. Parent involvement? Some parents genuinely care. Wyldlife makes a difference.
--Submitted by a parent

I have been tremendously disappointed with the administration of this school and have reached out to other schools to ask questions. Most schools seem to have much more support from families in comparasion to Terronez. It is unfortunate that much of the staff and students do not have respect for the principal. I think his intentions are good but his professionalism lacks much. This school needs a lot of extra attention because of the student population it serves. However, it think more attention is needed at the leadership level. The School Site Council has also been discouraging to me in that most of it is reporting to parents and their is little or no opportunity for parents to give input. Most agenda items are presented in a manner that is difficult for parents to question.
--Submitted by a parent

Many programs have had to be cut due to lack of funding. Academic programs are not seen as a high priority in my opinion, whereas sports seem to take precedence. Leadership needs to be more organized giving teachers adequete time to preprare and discipline is not always followed through.
--Submitted by a teacher

My oldest daughter has been attending Terronez for 3 years now and my youngest for 1 year and I am very happy with the education the have received there. The principal and staff are so great; they not only care about the student s academic life, but their home life as well. I am so proud that my daughter had the opportunity to meet such great people. I do believe that parents need to get more involved with the school, so that all the work is not put completely on the staff, they are wonderful, but they can t do it all on their own. We have to step up and get involved with our school, community and our children's education.
--Submitted by Shana Nero, a parent