Old Quarry Middle School

This school is amazing! And so are the teachers! It now has fifth graders in it too. i <3 this school and always will!

Old Quarry & the District as a whole is in trouble. Going out for referendum is not going to help. They are very poor stewards of our tax dollars. Unemployment in Lemont is at 11%, not to mention the members of the community who are underemployed. I don't know where they think we are going to get the money for a tax increase. Not worth it. Superintendent should take a 20% pay decrease and knock off the stipends. The childrend are not going to see a penny of the referendum money. It's going for teacher & staff salaries.
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter graduated last year and i was very happy! discipline they dont! There is a lot of bullying going on in that school with nothing being done i was a permanent fixture in that school!!
--Submitted by a parent

3When the school was built, it was one of the best schools for introducing technology to young students and at recruiting and retaining the best teachers. Since the school opened, the community has refused to offer support to the school and its teachers by denying all referendums that would bring in better teachers, updated technology, and offer the children more specialized options for learning or for participating in extracurricular activities. This problem has recently been exacerbated by the lack of funding from the state, and a resulting layoff of almost 40 teachers; which will increase class sizes to almost 40 students. Many extracurricular activities have been cancelled, further denying the student s opportunities to learn and be active outside the classroom. Even with state funding, if the community cannot begin to stand behind their school and its teachers, the school will never be what it once was and the students will suffer.

i am currently in 8th grade at old quarry, and i honestly cant wait to graduate. the majority of the teachers here dont understand what they are teaching themselves, dont explain things good, and give an incredible amount of homework on things we didnt even learn. the kids here are bad, they get away with pretty much anything. i would not recommend oq to anyone.
--Submitted by a student

My child just Graduated from this school and I am so glad they are out being my last of 3 each had the same opinion. The teachers are young and inexperienced they are all trying to out do each other as if they are having their own little popularity contest. Mid range students are lost behind the favored A+ Student and the trouble makers that need seem to get rewarded by sitting with the principle during lunch! Children are labeled early on in District 113A! They are on their 3rd Principle in 6 years!
--Submitted by a parent

Old quarry is a terrible place for students as well as teachers! this school is unfair and mean and when the punish you it does not fit the crime but there are alot of incompitent teachers and there are also some great people running the school and teaching in it although i do not recommend this school
--Submitted by a parent

Old Quarry Middle School is a great place to learn and overall a nice environment. I am currently a student here and my grades have only gone up, because of OQ I am now a straight A student. Like another student said if your kid/kids are not getting good grades it is most probably because they are not paying attention or taking advantage of some extra credit opportunities. Any way I think OQMS is great place and I really like it
--Submitted by a student

They have an outstanding disciplinary anit/ bullying policy, and as an outsider looking in you would feel safe sending your kids to this school. But do they folow it? No! Punishment never fits the crime.
--Submitted by a parent

Old Quarry is a great school. I graduated from here last year, and it is a great place to get an education. All those parents complaning don't know the whole story. If your child is failing, they are most likely not paying attention. Send your kids here, it's a great school!
--Submitted by a student