Bay Waveland Middle School

This school is a very tough school, I moved from gmms to bwms and I was a straight a student now Im struggling just to keep at an average 3.0. Im not in favor of all the staff at Bay Middle but thats my oppinon. Overall though this school is a good school except a few minor flaws.
--Submitted by a student

Excellent education, caring staff, wonderful student body, teachers and principal!
--Submitted by a parent

the no jacket policy is horrible!! i get like super cold like really easily and it's always cold. they need art classes. the teachers need to be nicer. it is not fair teachers can have electronics gum and wear what ever they want! omg!
--Submitted by a student

I have a child in the 8th grade. This school has not only met my expectations but has far exceeded them. To those parents that think the school policy is too harsh, you must not living in the same world as the rest of us. Let your kids do wrong and they will. We all should thank the scholl for the fine job they are doing. I feel safe sending my child to school every day. We must only look at the test scores as compared to the state average. Keep up the excellant work.
--Submitted by SCOTT FAVRE, a parent

First of all I think it's not fair that we have to have a no jacket rule! If the issue about not wearing a jacket is because we can smuggle drugs,guns,etc. then what is the point of having on socks or having pockets on our pants?We can just as easily smuggle drugs in our socks or any other clothing spot just as we can in jackets. I think it is not fair that we cannot be who we really are because we are stuck with uniforms that make us all alike. Im sure we kids would do alot better in school knowing we are ourselves and not stuck with clothing chosen by other people. Who really cares what we're wearing anyway?.So whats the point? As long as we get good grades it shouldnt matter what we wear. I do however like the extracurricular activities.
--Submitted by Nikki P., a student

This is my second year at the middle school and some of the rules are crazy!!!!First of all the whole thing with no jackets I don't understand.Do not tell a student they may not wear a jacket if you are going to do it yourself.Why do we even have uniforms in the first place?A student should be able to express their individuality.We can't wearing the same thing!This mandatory uniform policy needs to be removed.I heard there was a poll done for uniforms and that most of the parents wanted them.Have they done a poll since they issued a uniform policy?I doubt it!
--Submitted by Gabrielle Whitcomb, a student

I am very disappointed in this school system- they do not care about our children's education all they care about is wheather our children are wearing jackets or have their shirts tucked in!
--Submitted by Cassandra Nelson, a parent

I attend BWMS and i am in the eighth grade. I make straight A's and i have excellent teachers. However, i think that the no jacket rule could be taken out because some teachers keep their classrooms like -30 some days and i think im going to catch a cold. Also i HATE the 3 inches above the knee rule. I hate how the 'preps' get away with wearing skirts and shorts that are 8 inches above their but others cant. I also think that our food could be better. Well other than that the principal is great.
--Submitted by an 8th grade student, a student

my daughters both go to this school and the rules are ridiculous. Mr. Labat is irrisponsibly not meeting my expectations as ast. principal. He needs to be taken out of ast. principal position and replaced by a less harsh, and more forgiving person.
--Submitted by Virginia Shitake, a former student

Bay Middle is a pretty good school. The principal is great, but the rules are harsh. The no jactet policy is terrible the rules of the cafeteria are even worse and the skirt length is redicllus.I am 5'4 and I have very hard problerms finding a skirt long enough to fit. When I finally did find a skirt it was 4.4 cm in. Well they had just changed it from 4 to 3 so it was even harder. I have gotten in trouble many times and itisompletly unfair becuase the shorter people can go tom school with the buts hangin out but the tall people constanlly get picked on, this is a completly unfair rule it needs to be changed to 5 or 6 in above your knee. Another problem is unfair treatment, its not fair that teachers can use cell phones chew gum and so on. Theunfairtreatment needs work.
--Submitted by Allison Calhoun, a student