Leonard Middle School

Disappointed and discouraged that my child attends this campus. It all starts with the leadership and it trickles down to the teachers and staff. I'm so glad that this is the last year my child will attend this school. Parents you need to be 100% involved and know what is going on at this school.
--Submitted by a parent

ide give it a 3 teachers could be better,and principal responce to problems related to teens could be better.Sometimes they act like they care.And sometimes they do not.
--Submitted by a parent

This is honestly an average school. Before lms I went to a charter school were everyone is expected to go above and beyond, and I was doing 7-8 grade math when I was only in 6th. Even though I only attended lms for 5 months, and later exchanged schools to get a better eduacation; thier academics arent the best and niether is the staff, but you cant always blame it on them. Some parents just dont care about thier childs preformence in school. Not everyone is apart of 'gangs', and believe or not thier are good kids at this school. I was an all honors students making all 95s and above, so thier was communication between myself and the teachers. Overall this isnt the greatest school for everybody, it just depends on who your child hangs out with, and if they really want to learn. thany-you for reading this comment.
--Submitted by a student

Im an 8th grader at leonard and i think the school is okay. It has a lot of honors classes but the teachers dont seem to care. The office is even worse because they never pay attention. The other activities are good amd there arent a lot of clicks in this school anymore. I wouldnt reccomend this school for your first choice.
--Submitted by a student

Amazing teachers!! The staff is on top of the students and take the time to meet with you.
--Submitted by a parent

I really don't like Leonard. I don' thin we get the right education we need.
--Submitted by a student

This school is not very good. Me, being alummini of Westpark Elementry School thought this place was going to be decent in comparison to my previous school, well, it wasn't. Tensions are high, especialy racial, and the teachers just don't really care. I, myself try to keep out of trouble, but still, when it surrounds you, it's kinda hard. Word of advice, be in the right place and the right time, or else you're gonna pay.
--Submitted by a student

After moving to this district I was disapointed when within 3 weeks of school starting my son had been attacked on the school grounds by 4 other students hitting him over the head with lunch boxes. The students said it was 'NEWBIE grilling'- the administration said ' we have had problems before school last year we will look in to it'. Since we were new and couldn't give names of the offending students there was no disciplinary action. It wasn't until my son came home bleeding that the administration actually called a child into the office and then they said ' it is a first offense so we will let him know if this continues he will have a citation'. As a result we are moving since my child cannot go to school without fear!
--Submitted by a parent

Just toured the school as a prospective student in the Deaf Ed program for my child. Seems to be okay, for the Deaf. We experienced a warm welcome but I couldn't get over the fact that several boy students in the 'strict' Junior Cadet program (JROTC) had their pants sagging so low that they performed poorly when marching and were scolded for improper steps. And that's supposed to be a disciplinary/military type elective....hmmm. Not quite convinced to send my son there...guess I'll keep lying about our address to attend a great school elsewhere...shhh!
--Submitted by a parent

Just had two days worth of fights. Very poor communication with the teaching/office staff. Two 'good' schools with the rest being very bad schools feed into LMS, so there are some rough kids there. Locks from lockers getting stolen as well as school supplies, football equipment and anything else that isn't bolted down. Looks to be plenty of extra curricular activities and the parent involvement is pretty good for the most part. Personally, I would love to remove my child from this school, but unfortunately that isn't an option right now.
--Submitted by a parent