Monroe Middle School

Monroe Middle School is one of the best schools I have ever worked in, it is my third. I you want your child to attend a school that uses the latest research based curriculum ideas then this is the place to be. NC Schools To Watch came and visited the school back in December and left smiling and quite impressed. Monroe Middle is a finalist for this amazing award that is granted to few schools in the ENTIRE state; oh yeah I forgot to mention they sat and looked in on teachers without the teachers knowing and had high positive remarks. So the individual who would like to give Monroe Middle a negative review, ""watered down curriculum"". If they knew what the standards were for ALL NC they would realize we go above and beyond. Oh, and poorly educated teachers... I have a Masters most of my collegues have an advanced degree or are working on one. Some are even PHD candidates. So some people should research before they speak; especially negative remarks about a school that is in a county educational system with the same curriculum coordinators as THE REST OF THE DISTRICT and teachers that are certified by the state like all the others in THE REST OF THE DISTRICT!! more

My daughter had to attend 6th grade starting at this school. This school is a containment ward for bad kids and low accredited scores. My daughter came from an honors program, IB Honors and because of the overpopulated student ratio at Sun Valley, she was placed into this school. This school's learning process and teaching methods are way behind the state, and that is because they have a lower curriculm to compromise for all the Latinos they have overpopulating this school. I have been to too many teacher conferences and teacher meetings because of homework and the work itself. The teachers at that school are not all accredited with a bachelors or higher. So trying to talk sensible with half of the teachers is impossible. Boy I do not know where to begin on the principal. He is never around and in my childs first quarter of school they had over 25 Expulsions and she saw 6 fights just in the first quarter. And the sad part is that there is no Avenue out of this for her to attend the good schools unless u get picked in a yearly lottery for any of the surrounding Academies. I hope that this is helpful to someone in need aor moving to the area. more