J N Fries Magnet School

I would just like to say that some of the comments below are not so good.. However this was last year before it became a magnet middle school.. My daughter attends there this year as a 6th grader. It was a tough decision that we struggled with over the summer. But this year has ended up being nothing less than fantastic!!! We love it, and she loves it as well. The teachers are absolutely wonderful and have a very open parent/teacher communication line. The work is challenging for my daughter who was somewhat bored in regular school and the atomsphere with her peers is just great. I would HIGHLY recommend this school to anyone who has a child that enjoys learning and wants to put fourth the effort. We are looking forward to having a rewarding 7th grade year there next year.
--Submitted by a parent

my daughter is a student at this school. she is failing most of her classes and the only way her mother or I find out how she is doing is by progress reports or report cards.Why don't teachers involve the parents with letters or parent teacher conferences? I do remember those. Or ,like i keep being told they don't have time.Well i don't have time to watch my daughters life go down the drain. I need help from the staff if you have time.How can this be solved?We are worried and we do care.
--Submitted by a parent

First of all i would like to say the school is ok. we moved from out of state and i did all my reviews of the school prior to moving here to concord. I will honestly tell you that if i had of had the chance to visit the school before moving here i would of chose to move to another community. The school is the poorest of all schools in the county ; even had a teacher to say so. i never hear from my child teachers and the year is half way over, my child is in the 8th grade and ranks the highest out of all her classmates........i just dont understand why there is no communication here??????but when the snow fell boy did i get two to three calls a day from admin. This will be our last year at JNF and by far we will be moving from this community. yes my daughter was/is unhappy at this school
--Submitted by a parent

I completed my student teaching at J.N. Fries in May 2009. Going in, I was a little nervous as the school does have the reputation of being the roughest middle school in Cabarrus County. Once I got there and started though, I quickly realized that if J.N. Fries is the roughest middle school in Cabarrus County, then the other schools must be better than heavenly. I enjoyed my experience teaching a wonderful group of 7th graders and working with a caring group of teachers in Ms. Cox, Ms, Koch, Mr. Efird, and Ms. Kundla. I also felt very welcomed by the administrative staff and was overwhelmed with their care and support. While the school does not have the best reputation in Cabarrus County, I think the structure of the school is very well maintained to ensure that behavior problems are minimized so that student learning can and will legitimately take place in the classroom. That's part of the pride not only of J.N. Fries but of all the middle schools in Cabarrus County.

this school has teachers that are very helpful.try this school.enjoy!
--Submitted by a parent

I am very happy with this school and the teachers my child has. They are very cooperative and interact well with with each other as a team and are very upbeat and enthusiastic with the students. Thanks
--Submitted by a parent

I was a teacher at J.N Fries and I was very happy at this school. I think the ideas that the principal introduced of invitational discipline and letting students make choices were great. I also remember my collegue Mr. Nance who sadly passed away some years ago. Mr. Nance was a good example of a humanistic teacher. He was patient, congenial, sympathetic, knew his subject and knew how to deliver it. God bless him.
--Submitted by Edward Segura, a teacher

good school my son loves it!!!!!!!!!
--Submitted by a parent

I was nervous about my daughter attending this school because it has a bad rap as an 'inner-city' school. So I not only stay on top of what's going on there, but I substitute teach there at all 3 grade levels. The teachers have solid lesson plans & communicate well with each other.The principal & asst. principals also communicate clearly. The school staff tries to encourage positive actions & respect. The only problem I've noticed is the students that have NO home-training & need parents that actually ACT LIKE parents. Teachers are forced to waste the precious time we have to educate those who want to learn on sending problems to the office or dealing with their temper tantrums. If a parent can't control their kid at home, what makes you think we can? And why are we forced to expose well-bahved children to that drama?
--Submitted by a parent

Horrible school - this school has lost focus of what is important, the child and learning. When they are clearly making mistakes and you do your parental duty to meet with them to get to the heart of the problem and determine next steps you will face a panel not just one that includes administration and counseling (they have to have backup- birds of a feather). Even if your child has been in the district since kindergarten and has never had a bad grade and only praises from teachers to have 30 more like them, there will be no consideration given to your child, they will be treated as if they have failed all along. Beware hard working honest kids and parents! this school get's an f minus from this parent for not doing the right thing.
--Submitted by a parent