Shirley C. Heim Middle School 320 Telegraph Road, Stafford, VA 22554

"I think most of the bad ratings are from students who are having a bad time in school. They are blaming the bad experience on the school instead of their own actions. The school is great. There are great teachers, nice equipment, and plenty of space."

"This school is the most strict school I've ever been at. I don't like the teachers behaviors very much, they always assume things and then give you detention. 7th grade is the worst year. And I think they are serving us prison food"

"Honestly this school is one of the strictest schools I've been to. You can't do anything here. Last year was my 8th grade year here and they did nothing special. We only had an awards assembly but it was only for the students who did well academically. There was no graduation for everyone. And when it came to signing yearbooks, kiss your yearbook goodbye. The teachers would take it away. They gave no chances of signing yearbooks or giving ppl a chance to say goodbye to friends. If you hugged anyone you'd get yelled at. If you went through a certain stairway you'd get yelled at. You couldn't go back downstairs for breakfast if you were already upstairs. They had the dumbest rules. I did not like this school."