Mary Belle McCorkle Academy of Excellence PreK-8 School u 4455 South Mission Road, Tucson, AZ 85746

"This school is terrible, i went for four years and hated it with a passion. i liked 2 of my teachers. The addministration was uncarring. They claimed to want us to succeed but always made us feel bad. All of our middle school years we we're in trouble not just the people were caught but ALL of the grade. They made me so emotionally drained and upset constantly. Most of the monitors were very mean and cranky. The assistant principal was the meanest out of the entire school and she would constantly be yelling at us for all of 8th grade. The school always put pressure on us to be the role modles when not even the adults we're doing a good job at that. She made us all feel terrible and she was always very rude. The school only wanted to make itself look good it didn't care what happened to the students in the process. It was always dirty the paint was peeling and they don't give teachers creative freedom. It made one of my favorite teachers leave. I honestly would be more than happy to never visit this school ever again or if i could forget the whole thing i would be very pleased."

"This school isn't the best because of certain kids. My 7th grade teacher is awesome, she helped me get through a lot, it was the best school year so far. The councilor helped me get through tough times. I know kids don't care about each other. The education is great, 8th grade isn't the best year for me so far. Not because of my teacher, I don't love her, or hate her. She is a awesome teacher. Kids don't get along here a lot, they just sometimes care about themselves or their "loved ones" and don't care about their education sometimes. I don't love this school or hate it. But this school, I like."

"I wouldn't say it's really a proactive school. Things happened last year while I was in 7th grade and it seems like they haven't gotten over those problems resolved them like they made it seem like they did. Some people have to carry backpacks for certain different types of reasons. I just dont think it's fair that the administration has given us a chance to prove ourselves before they take actions to just say "oh they are gonna behave like they did last year so let's treat them like we did last year" That was last year leave it in the past and focus on the students and the learning future for those students before you start to assume what type of behavior your going to have this school year"

"I've been here for 4 YEARS, and this school is the BEST and is the WORST for many, MANY reasons. Reasons why the school is Good: •The school is Beautiful and always clean •There are all types of people to meet, you can make some or a lot of friends •The fields and Parks are nice •Some teachers can be good or bad according to how you behave •The office ladies are nice and steady •Does pre school to 8th Grade Education! •Is all about Tech! Reasons why the school is Bad: •Most Monitors are Very mean, and don't care much •Some kids Want to be COOL even with drugs, so don't send your kids here if you care about them •So much drama EVERYWHERE •The food Is HORRIBLE! •Will give you BAD Punishments, worse than jail for your kids •A lot of kids Are HORRIBLE for the environment of the school, making way to many kids feel left out and Suicidal (which some won't care about if they were smart)"

"This school sucks they claimed to be academy of excellence and there for the kids when in fact those allegations are false. My son was struggling in his class and they claimed that he had ADHD took him to the doctor found out that the test came back negative and they refuse to help him succeed in his class, they're all worried about the teachers reputation and how great of a teacher she was the administration didn't care about my son future or try to help him and succeed in school."