McClure Middle School

"My daughter enjoys attending McClure. Our experience has been overwhelming positive with the teachers and staff. The academics are challenging and students have an opportunity to take advanced classes, which will help them succeed later in life."

"This school does not know how to manage their money. When they raise money from fundraisers , the people putting money in believe that it will be used for a good and productive cause. But no when they are given money they us it to buy televisions for the teachers lounge instead of something that would benefit the students."

"My kids hate this school. Which is sad because my kids are good students and good kids. I loved my middle school teachers and school when I grew up elsewhere. The education at McClure is below par I know since the kids are not being inspired by teachers since the teachers are not being inspired by the Principal or Vice Principal to try to inspire kids to learn. As an example the 2017 Spanish teacher was ridiculously horrible. The principal made excuses and never admitted there was a problem. So many parents and kids spoke up. The principal blamed kids and disciplined kids for ridiculous excuses the teacher made instead of demanding the teacher do her job better and inspire her to do so. The principal and vice principal sadly try to lie to parents blaming kids for teachers lack of ability and weird behavior. I would love for the administration to take ownership, set the bar high and inspire teachers. Let the kids have healthy fun and inspire them to learn. Unfortunately this staff has no ability to do this and they have no love or respect from the kids. Read the kids reviews. Kids are people to and they know what is reasonable and what isnt. They come from loving families and other schools. So they know the difference -good teachers from bad, fair treatment from weird hypocritical misled trestment. Writing the number 69 on a chalk board is not a sex crime in middle school nor is it sexual harrassment, a bus driver punishing kids for sitting sideways or driving off when kids are running after the bus or slamming on breaks to punish kids so they hit their head and laugh is not acceptable. The principal not only condones this from teachers and a driver but encourages and rewards Every child I know that goes to Mcclure cant stand the Principal or Vice Principal and their very bizarre behaviors. Every parent I know voices the same complaints as above. Unfortunately Seattle has such crappy overloaded school system and staff and such a shortage of bus drivers in 2018 that this staff a bad driver gets a pass and kids really have little else to choose from so the staff just snicker and say go pound sand if you dont like us. They definetly are not listening to the kids or the parents. This is a fact based quote from the objective Great Schools website about McClure Middle School in Seattle. Look it up for yourself. "A worrisome sign: Students at this school are making less academic progress given where they were last year, compared to similar students in the state. Low progress with high test scores means students have strong academic skills but that students in this school are making smaller gains than similar students in other schools.""

"McClure is a horrible school. the teachers and staff handle situations horribly. All the students are mean and there used to be rats everywhere. The Spanish teacher doesn't know anything. The principal is more focused on dress codes than the rat situation and the quality of the education."

"McClure is a good school, I think that most students who say that they dislike it for whatever reason probably have personal feelings about it, that doesn't mean that the school is a bad place, because its not. Sure the teachers are a bit mean sometimes but its mostly because they want us to learn and understand and maybe we are resenting them. Also the dress code could be modified a little bit more but I believe that leggings and crop-tops seem to be to common of an outfit and it lacks variety. To all the students who have issues with dress code, don't you think that it would be easier on the teachers to just make us wear uniforms? If that's not what you as students want to have happen then i think the amount of complaining should be minimized to almost none. McClure is a good school for those who don't focus on their personal hatred for the school. Besides, if you get in trouble with teachers for cell phones, its not their fault that you got it taken away because you took it out when you weren't suppose so don't blame them for YOUR mistake. Overall, if you have a problem with the school, talk to the people in charge. Before you do, be sure that what you are going to say isn't ignorant, Aka "check your self before you wreck you self" and keep the hatred to your self. I am an up coming eighth grader as well as a W.E.B. leader and i hope that this year is a good year and if there is anything I can do to make it a good year I'll do my best. Thank you :)"