Junior High School 78 Roy H Mann

In all honesty my experiences in this school were devistating and infuriating. The staff responisbility had been poor and too many fights to count. To be called a 'clean, neatly kept ' school is a complete lie. I am now moved on to another school, and have realized how much of a compliment 'gross ' would be to Roy H Mann

I attended this school years ago, before it became an "educational complex." I was in the "SPE" (special program-enriched) which was supposed to provide enrichment beyond the normal curriculum, but didn't; I recall numerous Spanish teachers in grades 7 and 8, all of whom reviewed/rehashed/retaught stuff we already learned because they didn't know where the last teacher left off--what's "special" about that? I had pretty good teachers as I recall, but the experience was still kinda miserable due to the other students. The main culprits were students from P.S. 236 whose egos could barely fit in the building and who found they could get away with a LOTTA misbehavin' because their parents were deluded into thinking they were such angels at home and should be same at school; a couple of these little darlings ended up at my high school, but got their comeuppance from other students and became social pariahs tyvm. I don't think anyone has had an overwhelmingly pleasant experience in middle school--awkward age, new kids, new academics--but I'm not sure including this school on a website of "greatschools" is appropriate--at least not from what I've read. I was only too glad to leave.

Worst mistake I ever made sending my kids here. I just looked at the state scores for this school and they are horrible. They actually go down the longer students are there, not up.
--Submitted by a parent

Roy H. Mann still isn't the BEST school, but since the new Principal arrived people have spent less time roaming the hallways than before when I got here in 6th grade. There are still too many fights, especially afterschool, and also some racial discrimination. I for one think they should spend less time trying to seperate the boys and girls, and spend more time focusing on how they can stop the fighting.Some pros are that if you focus hard enough on academics, you can do better. I was worried in 6th grade that I made the wrong choice, but it got better. Now i moved up to excelsior from cap and i'm going to 8th grade.

this is one of the worst schools my child ever went to out of all of his schooling. The teachers don't care about the students and the students know that so they behave as such. They have no command over their class and allow the students to do whatever they want in the classroom. The children are allowed to fight without anyone interveining. Learning is a strain in this school......this is one of the worst schools on the face of the earth. I hate it and so does my child.
--Submitted by a parent

My only child is a student of this school , he's in 7th grade and so far i feel so comfortable with him there ,the teachers are very understanding towards the kids ...yes some kids may get into trouble but you also have to blame the parents to help discipline the children . my son recently loss his father and the teachers ans staff was so kind towards our family .I would recommend this school to my family and friends for our future generations I just love the fact that someone calls if my son get to school a little late or if he feel ill ...Thank you for caring to the staff of ROY H. MANN !
--Submitted by a parent

This is one of the worst schools in the country. The teachers can't control the students, they roam the halls, curse out the teachers, assault the teachers and one another and bring weapons into the school. There is not enough staff to control the student population at any time especially out in the yard. The admination is to fearful to enforce the district rules or punish the wrong doers. Despite what you will hear from the staff there is a very strong negative element at this school. I would highly recommend if at all possible to steer clear of this school at all costs. It would be in your childs best interest to travel apposed attending this school. It would be in everyones best interest if this school was closed.
--Submitted by a parent

i love that school it is my favorite and my teacher care about us. Also i would tell my family members 2 send thir child their 2 learn

Terrible school. The teachers do not care about the students; a lot of favoritism is shown here.
--Submitted by a student

I would not recommend this school unless you know how to focus on your books. I am a senior here and it is hard, I am taking 11th grade science regents classes. Only 5 classes take the rehents, these classes include CIG(center for the intelectually gifted) which is one class and Ecxelsior which includes four classes. This year we are taking three regents- Integraded Algebra, Earth Science and Spanish regents. The school is okay, it is not on my top list of good J.H.S
--Submitted by a student