Eisenhower Middle School

Unsafe school: We moved during the school year and had no "choice". My son s whole attitude has changed. The school has fights multiple times daily, lock downs with no parent notification. It looks like a prison from the outside, high fences and armed guards, students in handcuffs (not exaggerating). The office staff is rude and zero parent involvement or communication. My son is a straight A student and a smaller kid. He started wearing a hoody over his head every day. When I asked him why, he said he was trying to disappear . In my opinion he has lost a year of education here. He will not be back next year if I have to home school him. If education and safety matter to you, do not let your kids attend this school. from a concerned father.
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this is very unsafe school my child complains everyday about bulling at the schooll and FIGHTS
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I Am really dis-pleased with this school. As a student there i bleve the school should have more electeves and teachers. i bleave that you SHOUDN'T have to sign out a sheet to talk to the counsilor. For instence, what if someone was being picked on and needed help right away. You need help then and not a month later! I can not wait untill this school year is over so i can be in safer environment then this school. I am not just saying this for my health, I am saying it because if you were to ask any student in the school what they think, they would reply with the same retort. This school is the WORST school i have ever been to in my life. I hope that you see this in a way to help and not to be rude in any way. I am a very nice person and only want whats best for the students at Eisenhower. Please get back at me with the thoughts you have.

I just moved here also and I completely agree with the last comment! The kids are way out of control the principle is never around, the teachers are rude and act like they could care less. I just pulled my son out to home school him till we can move next year..Beware of this school
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I just moved into this area and i can honestly say This school needs work. The kids are out of control. The principal is no where to be seen. Its obvious that all the good ratings on this site are from the teachers. Parents beware
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Eisenhower is great. You learn new things everyday but have fun at the same time. The teachers and Administration are very sophisticated and deserve the jobs they have. They're so nice! the lunch is great. I couldn't be happier with my experience. I would definitely recommend this school to anyone. They strive for everyone to do great.

Eisenhower has been a blessing for our son. All of the teachers worked with us to make sure our son had a successful first year of middle school. Having a child with ADHD and signs of Aspergers, we were prepared for a nightmare, but everyone worked with our son and us to make it go as smoothly as possible. There were some issues with bullying, but every school is going to have that. When we discussed it with our sons teacher, they worked to find the other students and also came up with an idea to avoid it. The band program is fantastic! Going to miss this school and all the staff!
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Our daughter has attended Eisenhower Middle School for two years and we couldn't be happier! This school has amazing teachers and a strong administration. They really care about the students and want to see them all achieve their goals. She has always been in the gifted programs and this school has done a great job in challenging her academically.
--Submitted by a parent

Based on my 6th grade year i will say that eisenhower isn't a horrible school but it's not great either. of course there are fights, every school has them, and the staff could use a little more training. I didn't see the staff threatening the students but they can be harsh at times but mostly you learn almost nothing. You can practically do anything and some people may enjoy it I know I didn't. I don't want a really strict school either but there has to be an in-between and eisenhower just doesn't cut it. I'm only in 8th grade now at Barrington Middle School so my memory of eisenhower is still very good. I left eisenhower after my 6th grade year. What eisenhower lacks in education and very "knowledge-able" staff it does make up for in "good-times" and friendships. Though those might not come in handy on the FCAT or SAT's. I would suggest you think about other schools before coming to Eisenhower.

i am a student and this is a unsafe school the science rooms are too small to do any experiments some sixth grader learn in regular rooms for science which are too small to do anything. there are too many fight drama. And yet the principle does nothing one the the vice principle is nice and friendly but the others too professional and the staff could be a little more friendly i do not like this school and i am a student it is unsafe!!!