Stafford High School

I am excited about the direction SMSD is going, the new facilities and programs that are being installed are going to make SMSD a shining light in all of Fort Bend Co. In fact, people will be lined up to enroll their children. The new Super is great - Lance- and teacher quality is improving. I have three children in the SMSD system. The only negitave is the Jr High - lots of student to student agression and an administrator who looks the other way. Hopefully that will change soon. In all, SMSD is making great strides in improving the system and on their past preformance.
--Submitted by a parent

My kids did really well in the lower grades at Stafford MSD. However, High School is a different story. There seems to be little Teacher control. The bad kids basically run the school. My daughter has been caught up in group punishment more times that I can count. she is a good kid and causes no problems in class...but always gets punished along with the entire class. Group punishment does not work at Stafford MSD. I have also heard from several kids that have graduated from Stafford MSD that were NOT prepared for college....especially science. We need to stop teaching the TAKS test and start teaching from the text books. I would not recomend Stafford MSD for upper grade education. Go somewhere else for your kids education.
--Submitted by a parent

Stafford MSD is on a downward slop toward failure. The leadership of the district is constantly changing. For example, from the year 2003 to 2007, Stafford High School has had four different principals and about four different vice principals. As far as superintendents go, there have been three who have not improved a thing at the middle and high school level. What s the one upside to this school? For an old building, the facilities are well kept. That makes up for everything.
--Submitted by a former student

The student body is getting worse, very high turnover rate for teachers. Also, the principal is trying an old system that obviously don't work. Overall, the school get much worse from my first year to the last one.
--Submitted by a former student

Stafford was a great school for my son. I really thought the academics was great.
--Submitted by a parent

Grades k-8 are excellent. High School is a different story. There is no teacher control. The bad kids control the School. It's not a place to send someone that wants to learn and get an education. Drugs and Gangs are very common. Stafford High School needs better leadership and not be afraid to use discipline.
--Submitted by a parent

Positives: 9th grade teachers extremely qualified and focused towards student development and communication / accountability processes with parents. Low student to teacher ratio. Classrooms clean and orderly. Higher than average pay for teachers. Small student population and high teacher quality could be huge draws and make this school very attractive with on track financial, curriculum management and broader community support. Negatives: no comprehensive parent organization driving key issues of accountability or improvement. Broad / current internet communication presence at all levels seriously lacking. Campus facilities and technology very dated. Encountered feedback that existing parent population can stimulate lowered classroom academic performance expectations in exchange for passing grades. District is required to send funds to other schools as a part of the current robbin' hood school finance process.
--Submitted by a parent

They need to find a way to keep the good teachers! It's ridicules to have to many unexperienced teachers, at least in the subject they are currently forced into teaching.
--Submitted by a parent