John A. Ferguson Senior High School. 15900 Southwest 56th Street, Miami, FL 33185

"Worst school I’ve ever been to. I’m so happy I transferred to Braddock. Teachers are utterly careless and spend time talking about what they do in their freetime instead of teaching. Favoritism is BIG in this school, and students talk about flirting with a teacher just to get a higher grade?! I tried my best to be positive in this school, but I could not be positive at all. I have a hearing disorder and I got made fun of for it. The IB program here is terrible. Teachers will assign tests that have nothing to do with what they tell you to study. Electives teachers do not care at all. The only good teachers in this school, based on my freshman year spent here, are Mr. Blas Mir, a spanish teacher, and Ms. Ania Moussawel, a photography teacher. They are genuinely nice and pure-hearted. Other than that, teachers would give Zs to students without even notifying them there was an assignment and refuse to help or explain when students come up asking questions. I’m so glad God gave me the chance to transfer out of the IB program here and into Cambridge at Braddock, because if not my GPA would be ruined. Soon after I transferred, 3 more people followed. Students here at Ferguson hang around in cliques and will diss you if you’re new and try to make friends. The office staff is extremely rude and charged my mom for all the things she had already paid in the beginning of the school year once we left the school. This school, at least for me, was a disappointing experience. Live and learn."

"Good school. There may be some teachers to watch out for but overall they care about your education. So far our new two AP’s seem to be okay. Our old ones left to become principals in another school."

"If you involve yourself in a group that supports you and your academics, because they also care, then you should not have a problem. Every school, public or private, attempts to do their best with their staff and students, but you should not judge a whole school according to partial misunderstandings from someone else's experience. Everyone will have their own different interpretations of the school. If you think this school suits your academic goal, then do not worry about the rest of the crowd and do what you have to do to get where you want to be."

"The worse experience ever, they don't have a good organization for the students' papers, they make parents to wait 1 to 2 hours to take care of their questions. Barely let you know how is your son or daughter doing at school. They even don't inform on time if a student is skipping class. And some of the students are rude with the new ones mostly if the new students come from another country calling them "refugees". The academic achievement is very low they don't require/demand to much of the students capabilities is lack of exigencies."

"I find it sad how many reviews go in depth about a lack of "security" or the teachers personal behaviors. First, the review is of the school, not the students or teachers morals. Kids do drugs, no matter how much you enforce a stricter policy, it is going to happen. The school does its best to control what they can, but this is a school with policies it must follow before it can even begin to discipline students for that type of behavior. Those children have parents who need to correct their children not just rely on a school. As for the security guards, I cannot complain, all of my security guards while I was there were awesome, some were pushovers and others were enforcers of every rule. It's a high school not a prison. Now, with the mentioning of teacher names. Mr. Marshall is a great teacher. His love for history although at times can be overwhelming is a beautiful thing to see. He loved teaching (Speaking from my own experience in his course) Student start rumors and/or continue rumors about teachers for various reasons, but no disciplinary action has ever to my knowledge been taken against him because there is no substance to the accusations and it is unfair to bring down a teacher with unsubstantiated rumors. In my three years at Ferguson, I grew to love not only the administration but the faculty. I was blessed with great teachers who not only guided me through high school but gave me a foundation for the real world. From a math teacher who never let me give up (even though I still suck at math, sorry Mrs. Adan) to a Chemistry teacher who worked with me as much as he could (Still awesome Mr. Delgado) to my counselor (Mr.Cortes) who always made sure everything I needed was done to graduate on time. Not to mention all the other amazing teachers I had (Morejon, Florian, Wesley, Countinho, raposo, Burger, Chew, Graham, Hertler, Romero, Weinkle) just to name a few who made the most impacts. Don't get me wrong, when I was there, I complained, bad mouthed and said terribly mean things (Sorry Mr. Thompkins) but it was not for the people and guidance I received at this school, I would not be the person I am today and for that I will always be eternally grateful. This is a beautiful and amazing school and if you are fortunate to have your child here, they are in good hands."