Don Ross Middle School

They literally won't answer the phone if you're calling from an international number. God forbid a former student moves, then needs their transcripts

school=bad

Went here for two years. Starting off with some positives, there's a lot of kind staff and teachers, as well as counsellors that are almost always available. They have quite a few programs for students, most of them being sports clubs. The school has a simple layout and tons of lockers. It has enough capacity for the students and they don't seem to have troubles with making space. They also have purchasable food, including pizza, milk, fruits, etc. The main issues with this school is the students. Students are often reckless and refuse to follow simple rules. I have witnessed students throwing soap dispensers against walls, throwing milk cartons against walls, spitting on the floors, putting water in their cheeks and then spitting on the floors, screaming, shoving people, dropping food against the ground and leaving it there to get stepped on and rot, crawl up on lockers and around walls and also insult teachers for disciplining them. Students also skip pretty much daily. I've also witnessed students from this school vaping and drinking despite being middle schoolers, but that's not necessarily the school's responsibility. Students also take eachother way too seriously and try to start fights on purpose. I haven't had a terrible teacher so far, I didn't enjoy all of their classes, but they were good people overall. I've never seen a supervisor yell, though sometimes they kind of fail to do their jobs at all. They don't have good control on the students and some ignore students breaking rules because they do not want to deal with it. Overall, the school is decent, but nothing special and nothing good. I wouldn't recommend sending your children here, especially if they have anxiety or other mental issues as this school is very overwhelming at times. I have seen other students here succeed, but I don't think a single person in this school likes it.

bad

This school is very much messed up. I’m in grade 9 right now and so far is been a total mess. The past 2 years have been the worst years of my life. The school has very stupid rules, one being That u can’t use your phone at the two different break periods and so on. Most of the teachers yell at you on a daily bases and they also pick at you and tell you what’s wrong with you as in individual. The teachers will yell at you from across the hallways and get very mad for no reason. Also some of the teachers will tell you that you are “restarted” . I don’t like this school but I hope it will change very soon. There are a few teachers that are kind, but I’ve still encountered very rude an unpleasant ones too. I’m not saying that this school is stupid, I’m just saying that that should change some of there rules and be a little bit nicer.