Collins Middle School

I'm an 8th grade student at this school and I have to say, it is terrible. I'm constantly being bullied by other students at this school. Bullying is a big problem here. There are fights every day, but that is recently being curbed by them stationing a security officer at the school. The teachers are okay, depending on who you have. Some, I think, are so old that they should be forced into retirement. They've just become incompetent over the years. The male assistant principal is such a snob, he doesn't do anything to help the students or parents. When a student gets attacked by a bully, he gives the victim just as much punishment as the bully, even if they didn't fight back. The female assistant principal is the only one who cares. The merger between Mt. Hope middle school students has just elevated the bullying problem, as there are more students to look after. The academics aren't horrible, but we need more extra-curricular activities other than sports.

The attitude of the staff at this school is rude. As fa as special education, don't bother, all they want to do is medicate your children. Even after several doctors do not agree. The progress in my child learning is no where near what it was when he was in elementary school. bullying is also a big problem at this school. And instead of addressing that, the go after the victims for truancy who miss school due to fear or medical problems caused by the bullying.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has the worst male principals I've ever encountered in my ENTIRE life. They are totally unwilling to cooperate with anything and everything any suggestions you have especially on bullying problems seems to go in one ear and out the other. parent teacher conferences do nothing. You might as well not even have them because they blame the parents all of the time because the teachers are always so "innocent" NOT !!!!!!!!! My child has been bullied since he has gone to this school for 4 years and they have done NOTHING about it! DO NOT send your child to this school! You WILL regret it. Children don't learn ANYTHING there, they don't even know how to spell simple four or three letter words. The school is so poor. The assistant principal has a bad attitude toward EVERYONE! He is such a snob; Many parents complain about his snotty attitude.
--Submitted by a parent

The principal has a poor attitude toward students, parents, and staff. He is very curt, has a snobbish air about him, and seems very unapproachable. The school issues no notices to parents about parent/teacher conferences, school dances (ex. we were notified,on Monday, that the school dance was scheduled for Friday), or even a lunch menu. The students have been told to go online to download the school lunch menu. What are students to do who don't have home internet access? In general, communication is poor, the whole fayette county school academics is poor, the facilities are in terrible need of repair, there are hardly no after school programs, except tutoring, which has little success ,from our experience.
--Submitted by a parent

My problem with CMS is this: My child started out the school year with all bad grades, i cant help him becuse the county cant afford books for every child, yet they want to pass another school bond! I ask his teacher 2 weeks ago for a history book to keep at home so we can study, i have yet to see this book. Like you all say, how can we help our children if we have no clue what is going on?
--Submitted by a parent

another school year is here, and again I am back on the subject of communication with this school...my child never knows when anything is going on. Us as parents need to know what activities are going on in out childerns school, how can we be more involved if we never know what is happening. How had could it be to have a calander with what is happening, games, when sign up for clubs or activies are..do they not know or do they just want to keep it to themselfs...My theory is don't come crying to us parents if you need volunteers if we don;t know what to volunteer for !!!!!!!!!!
--Submitted by a parent

This school is not a very good school. There needs to be more clubs, after school, tudors, and more extracurricular activities. I dont think our school is getting as good qualities as bigger school in bigger state like Texas or Florida, just because we are a small state and town doesnt mean we get a bad school. I have lots opinons and ideas.. But I cant tell them all right now. But we need a better school, I know I experience it by going to school here.
--Submitted by a student

In Collins defense, we are currently working on several anti-bullying programs. We have a lot of students and it is sometimes hard to keep track of them all, but if a teacher sees it they will put a stop to it. Our counselor feels very strongl about anti-bullying and also tries to put a stop to it. I don't know what teacher your child has, but all of the teachers here are very dedicated and love what they do. if your child asks, the teachers are always happy to spend any one-on-one time with them to improve their skills.
--Submitted by a student

This school has a terrible bullying problem, and sometimes innocent kids get in as much trouble as the attacker. There is inadequate supervision on the playground, which is where alot of problems start. My child doesn't feel safe, doesn't trust the assistant principal and is bullied DAILY.
--Submitted by a parent

Well my daughter just started this year and i am very unimpressed myself my daughter was an a student until she started here ive talked with the teachers regarding her grades and to be honest they didnt seem too concerned as a former student at this school i am greatly saddened by this my teachers were always sending notes home if i was doing bad in class i had teachers threaten to remove me from my sports activities if i didint improve i never know when any of the tryouts are for sports this school i think is lost right now and needs to seriously find its way back the school and the parents need to be more involved with one antother
--Submitted by a parent