Lawrence E. Jones Middle School

well not anymore.you parents.don't understand.it happens to kids alot when they go to new school and its a huge change.kids are getting worse so ljms is now making great rules.they have points were if u are bad u can't go to the dance or field trips so now kids are changing there behavior.the dress code is changing so your kids won't go to school like half naked.and the school is making great improvment.and i really can't wait.and if your kids getting f's then somethings wrong.they need to pay attenion.if they don't get something they should search it up but your kids just give up.my girl has been there and gets a's and b's.and there doing great and making great improvments :)
--Submitted by a parent

My son attended the Lawrence E. Jones school for the 6th, 7th and 8th grade years and has progressively went from passing to a total fail by the end of the 8th grade year with 4 "F" grades in every core subject: math, English, history and science. I've talked to the teachers, the counselor and attended all the open house nights and got no where. Then, at the end of the 8th grade, my son was officially "promoted" to 9th grade and received the promotion certificate which states that he has "satisfactorily fulfilled all the requirements of 8th grade" ( with 4 "F" on his report card and they refused to hold him back to repeat 8th grade as I have requested). My son hates school and begs to stay home. Now I have to keep him home to home school him to try to save him from a similar fate in High school.
--Submitted by a parent

They are very unorganized since they have switched from Creekside & all of the uneducated teachers from Mountain Shadows have pushed out most of the good Creekside teachers. Last Night @ Back to School Night My son's History teacher had a bunch of misspellings on her website that she was showing to the parents. That is not very reasuring that a teacher who can't even spell correctly is supposed to be teaching my son. Plus we are almost 2 weeks into school & we haven't even rec'd the Results to last yrs STAR Testing. If there were another Middle School in this district I would transfer my son in a heartbeat!!!
--Submitted by a parent

This is a new school and they have many challenges to overcome. Merging together students of different economic and cultural backgrounds has been slow. The district is alost bankrupt so the class sizes are very large. The large size of the campus makes it difficult to monitor students. The facilities are also problematic. The air conditioning and heating system does not work properly. There are sidewalks that flood making it difficult to navigate areound. The back of the school building have mold or algea on them. Most of the teachers are great and have a wonderful raport with the students. The office staff is polite but overwealmed.
--Submitted by a teacher

This school sucks! The teachers are really nice but the class sizes are just annoying! Most of the period the teachers yell and yell and never get to the point of the assignment. I was going to attend Twin Hills for this year but didn't i made a stupid decision! When the school was Creekside my grades were A's and B's, Now they are C's F's and D's. It's really not fair I am the quietest in every class always pay attention why am I failing!? I am really not happy with the way this school is run and would like to transfer out immeditaly! I always wonder what's going on at Twin Hills? Well I wouldn't know because I am stuck in this bad school! I am not happy with how this school is absolutely disgusted! >:(

The lack of care and support from the faculty are simply pathetic! Due to safety issues and the school's unwillingness to protect my daughter and several other children we know....We actually pulled her out and are currently home schooling. We handed written proof of the bullying, which included witnesses with times, dates, places and names of the students involved to the District Office, Principal, Vice Principal and Teachers and they said that there was nothing they could do. Actually I meant nothing they could do for my daughter or most other students, but if you, as a parent are close to certain staffers and your child is being bullied....They'll pull out all stops to look good! This all took place over 1.5 years, which gave them ample opportunity to so call, investigate. We are so disappointed and disgusted with Cotati Rohnert Park School District., due to the politics and games they play at this point....They just do not care about the students and it is sad.
--Submitted by a parent