Mason Middle School

"Now that my kids are out of there the truth is Waterford chasing after the school of choice money has allowed their greed to affect the education of their kids. No one will admit but the influx of kids from outside Waterford has lowered the bar even more. i found caring staff but hands are tied. In my opinion kids were already years behind with no chance of catching up. To save money, schools were closed and kids are now bused across district not based on closeness but by political boundaries esp. for high school. i had three honor students. when the older two went to collage they still floundered in math. My son request pre-calc and was denied because he had an over all B+ in math the prev. year. He was told he could not take it because they only had 1 class and his grade did not cut the mark.This automatically eliminates the chance to take all available math courses needed for advance math in high school due to pre-requisites. After several visits and challenging the teacher he was allowed in and aced it. Some day we have to wake up. If the kids are unskilled they have to be held back. When we pass them on to high school they just keep getting pushed under the rug. Decisions have to be made. Keeping the thugs in school serve no purpose, just lowers the bars for everyone else.Not blaming the staff, they are stuck with the politics and parents who them selves don't care."

"Not a fan. Terrible at handling "bullying" situations. And many (not all) of the staff members are very rude and disrespectful to parents and students! It's a shame that some of these staff members ruin it for the wonderful teachers that are there, doing a great job!"

"The only good thing about this school is the music/choir program. The rest is bullying and fights and rude teachers. The rude teachers dont give a crap about what you do or what is happing to you as long as they get there money they are satisfied..."

"My art work was stolen and they told me it was my fault. After that, I was bullied so bad that I had to go to an online school. But it didn't end there, I had friends tell me that the teachers would talk about me behind my back, even after I left. The teachers were worse than the students- and the students were pretty bad. The bullying is out of control and the staff couldn't care less as long as they are making money. They have fights so frequently that they have to have two armed, on-duty police officers on the grounds at all times. It makes it seem even more like a prison. Instead having wings for each grade like any other school would, they have the classes pretty scattered throughout the huge two story building. Very little organization at all. There is no time to use the bathroom- especially when almost all the teachers hate their jobs and will freak out if you are even a half minute late. The hostility in this school is overwhelming. Overall, the only good thing of this entire school is the music programs. It sparked my love for cello. That's really the one and only good thing about this school."