Meadowbrook High School

My son was a very good student thru' out the middle school and had lot of abilities to be an IB league student.starting from 9th grade thru'out 12th his scheduale never got straight at first it took the guaidance office almost about 3 weeks each year to get his classes right. By that time he missed classes for the subject he was suppose to have.There was no effort from school for him to cope up for missed time.So he struggled thru' each year not knowing initially whats going on.Took him more time to catch up as the base was missed.Also by the time he came to 11th grade there were multiple teachers left the school and he opt to not going into IB programme as all the teachers were leaving and went to AP classes. 11th grade again remain the same problem.12th grade for applying into the college, the counselors were never there to guide him or to submit his best resume to get into his choiced college and ultimately he lost his admission status although he did his best.In short we made a mistake to send him to so called IB programme school.He would have been better off staying into thomas dale.If you want your child to get admission in better college dont send them to meadowbrook.
--Submitted by a parent

I have to wonder when the state is going to step in and do something about this school. It is ranked 305 out of 313 VA high schools. I am sure that it has its good points but based on a lot of reviews I am reading and its test scores, it soundlike an inner cis ty school. I am not knocking the school and I am sure the teachers are doing the best with the tools they have been given. It just appears that there is a lot of room for improvement and the state needs to step in. These young adults are this country's future. It is the government's job to provide the best quality education that it can.

i honestly love my school i have been there for four years..you just have to do the right thing...some classes do have textbooks they send home to keep there all year and return at all and some are classes have class sets because students never return them..they dont give much homework due to students never doing it...its not has bad ever one puts meadowbrook to be...its not getto just kids needa do the right thing..every high school has the same thing going on...in the school is trying to bring up test scores but they cant when students are acting up
--Submitted by a student

If you can help it, do not send your child to Meadowbrook. The students are unruly and the administration does not back up the teachers in areas of discipline. One of my child's teachers was absent one day, and because a substitute never showed, the kids were unsupervised the entire period. My child was never assigned textbooks because the teachers weren't allowed to send texts home because of lack of books. Also, my child was never given homework. They have the lowest test scores in Chesterfield county and the most undisciplined student body. DO NOT send your child to this school!
--Submitted by a parent

I transferred my daughter outta GHETTOBROOK today, after being enrolled for only 1 month. This school is ABSOLUTELY the WORST school my daughter has EVER gone to. For starters, there was a cafeteria employee who would only allow my daughter (who happens to be enrolled in the Free Lunch Program) to choose 1 item for lunch & would try to make her pay for anything extra even after I sent my daughter to school with the approval letter stating that she was enrolled in the Free Lunch Program! There's a severe lack of professionalism with some of the teachers. My daughter had 1 teacher who couldnt be bothered with remembering her name so she called my daughter "shawty" or "boo boo" all the time. The final straw was when my daughters homeroom teacher chose to criticize her by stating (to her & the entire class) that "Her mind doesnt work right and that he was confident that she would fail her SAT's." My daughter is an A/B Honor Student, she strives to do her best in hopes of earning a scholarship, & she stresses excessively over her grades, to the point where it has become a medical condition. After numerous calls to the school over that incident,...NOT 1 SINGLE CALL WAS EVER RETURNED!
--Submitted by a parent

My grandson has had the misfortune of attending this school and let me say SHAME ON MEADOWBRROK, it has been a nightmare experience!

mbk is a pretty good school but there are still kids that don't care about anything and just come to school to start drama...if you can get past all that then you can defintetly have a good time at meadowbrook- we have good sports (except for baseball/softball) and have good programs like esol, the mentor program, ap, and open ib enrollment (so you don't have to take a test to get into it). A few of the teachers are hard to learn from but even then they will still try to help you to understand the material.
--Submitted by a student

My granddaughter goes to Meadow brook and has had several problems with other teenage girls bullying her. She is very quite and respectful and an honor student. She has reported this several times but no one seems to be listening. Her mother has gone to the school also. Way to go Mr. Ferrell. Sweep your problems under the rug until someone gets really hurt.

I am a Meadowbrook Senior. For almost four years I have heard nothing but bad things about Meadowbrook. From the administrators, all the way down to the students. We have changed alot since my freshman year. But what the student was saying before about the teachers pick favorites is true. Don't get me wrong, but alot of the teachers and a couple of higher ups even do this. It's not our faults that the bad kids are walking around thinking there the untouchables, its the teachers and administrators. Another thing is that people are getting suspended for no apparent reason. On Friday a kid was doing the right thing and not fight or even talk back to another student while the other one was provoking him. The kid that didn't fight gotten five days of suspensension while the one provoking it didn't get anything! This school is ridiculous!
--Submitted by a student

The teachers are caring and capable at Meadowbrook High School. Three years ago our teacher's decided that they would teach a half hour more than any other Chesterfield County High Schools. This was done with no extra pay for the MBK teachers. The SDS program (Self-Directed Study) was instituted. Many students who would fall between the cracks were able to pass their classes and be successful on their SOL's. During the next two years, 2008-2009 and 2009-2010 teachers have worked an extra 15 minutes without extra pay. I believe that this means that MBK teachers really care about their students. I know that is the reason that I have been here 25 years. As I read student's comments, I believe they are frustrated because they see unequal distribution of discipline. I hope that these perceptions can be rectified in the near future. A very caring teacher!!!
--Submitted by a teacher