La Quinta Middle School

Horrible absolutely terrible. Send your child to John Glenn or something because La Quinta has some serious problems. I am a student here and I would give this school no stars if I could. I could blame budget cuts but really this is too much.

My son recently started the 7th grade at LQMS. So far so good. I have e-mailed two of his teachers and they promptly responded. Maybe it helps that I am extremely involved in my sons education. They offer honors classes in which my son attends. Although he struggles in algebra I am here to assit him or LQMS also offers tutoring. My son is well behaved and therefore I cannot speak about "punishment". Difficult to rate at this time since it is early in the school year, therfore will select average at this time.
--Submitted by a parent

As parent i found this web site today as I have also come to the same conclusion has the rest of the parent's that have posted. The priniciple will tell you she wants parent envolvement and then turn around and tell its school policy. This schools seems to be more concerned with themselves instead of educating the children, childrens are repremaned with out parent notification, they solution is to take kids out of class rooms for punishement and place them in what they call on campus suspenstion. The punishement is used for the simplist crimes, I requested an alterniative punishment such as lunch detention or after school detention, I didnt want my child missing any classroom time. Their response is this is our policy- its non-negotiable. My kids have been at this school for the past two years with very little succcess, there grade of dropped and they will not return
--Submitted by a parent

This school is very poor in quality. Starting from the top. There is no leadership from the Principal on down to the Vice-Principal. Students are not motivated and are acting out in various ways.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter is an eight grader and I have spent the last 2 years doing everything except walking my daughter to class and hold her hand. The counselors are a joke, the teachers are a bigger joke. Substitutes are in classes for 6 month or longer but are not required to post grades so your child fails. They communicate through agendas that never are checked and a website that is never current. How is it possible that your passing with an A and the very next day you have an F. Can we do anything. I will be down there if my daughter isn't allowed to promote. Oh and she not is practically teaching her color guard class and comes home stressed everyday....Lets do something about this.
--Submitted by Melinda Ruiz, a parent

I am a parent. I find that the teachers involement with the students as well as the parents is very poor, lazy. I do not feel the school has enough staff outside to see that the bullying in that school is in control. The parking situation is awhole problem in its self. (eeek)
--Submitted by a parent

To much supstitute teachers,grade level of student goes down.No teachers intrested in teaching.Parents not get called if something happend.Principal have negative atitude and plaiming every problem on student. For me as a parent,I wouled not recommend this school.Students not get challenge,their just get bored.
--Submitted by a parent

I think the school is great with a low enrollment compared to some middle schools
--Submitted by a parent

My son was in LQMS for approx. 3 months this past year... It was our experience that the teachers do not care about the students. We repeatly asked for assistance from the school for help and recieved none. We finally enrolled him in 'Independent Studies' after many frustrating sitiations at LQMS and he raised his grades to b's and c's from leaving LQMS with 4 F's. We made the right choice and from what I hear in La Quinta many other families are experiencing the same issues. When is the school going to do something about it?
--Submitted by Marie Tachell, a parent

Our Child has been at this school for 4yrs had to hold back because of learning disabilities but besides that, we have had to numerous to count problems with the school. My child says on a daily basis that the teachers do not listen and that she feels like she can't get anything done. To much work and not enough instruction from teachers. If you have a problem good luck getting it solved no one seems to care they all just pass the buck as its someone else's fault. The district is no better at being helpful. My child is in special education and I think the teachers need more help then my child. My child received more help in grammer school. Good luck to you who have to pass through those doors.
--Submitted by a parent