Ranch View Middle School

So unhappy with this school now. I have had a 2 other children go through this school over time and now I am on my 3rd. Very disappointing to see what the new leadership at this school has brought it down to. No community pride within the school and it reflects. Lots of activities cut or just simply boring for the students. My current child is somewhat on the spectrum of a different type of learner and it is a struggle to get help. I do not blame the teachers, but WOW... you can see morale is taking a toll on them. You can also tell that there is now the absence of parent participation. As a parent, I do not get a strong sense from the principal that parent participation is welcomed. My child and friends always joke that this is more like a daytime care center for children and that they really do not get a feeling of being welcomed or active in the school. As a parent it is supper frustrating when I speak with parents who have schools in other districts and I hear all about what different schools are doing to get community and students engaged and the sad thing is I now see this type of NON caring attitude at the high school level as well. It is no coincidence that the ratings, scores dropped in the last couple of years after the new guy was hired.

Ranch View is an incredible school with many amazing and supportive teachers. I personally know most are the kids that wrote all of this reviews and I know that all those kids that say they don't learn anything are the kids that don't try and could care less about school. They are the kids that sit in the corner of classroom sleeping or talking to friends. Here at Ranch View the teachers care about the kids sooo much and they try their best to help those types of kids but those kids are mean and disrespectful to even care and then they go and write mean reviews like that. Everyone has to go to school and these kids don't realize how good they have it.

This school is pretty good. The 8 tundra teachers and the French teacher are the best i've ever had. They have fun and buy stuff for the students. The only terrible teacher i have had this year was the long sub for math. One of the biggest problem are lack of funding and some of the students (as you can see by the other comments). This comment will most likely be down voted to the bottom.

This school is pathetic. The teachers pick favorites and let any kid that acts out get away with murder. They don’t give any effective punishment towards kids that act out. At the expense of the kids that do the right thing, they’re punished for doing one little thing wrong. One kid could scream an expletive and have nothing happen to them, while another kid will be punished for glancing at their phone for one second. Teachers preach about rules but never enforce them. Because of this, any “bullies” just get worse. They’ve cut many extracurricular actives. For example, this year almost the entire music program was completely cut. One of the ThunderRidge teachers is now doing the job of two people and a part time teacher is in charge of the downsized choir. As one of the other reviews said, I too witnessed the principal flirting with eighth grade girls. The Ranch View Administration preaches about having high morals and mutual respect, but in the end shows no respect for the students or parents. In short, if you have a good kid, consider sending them elsewhere.

This school can be okay sometimes. I’m in 8 grey our social studies teacher is probably going to get fired you should know why. Our teachers pick favorites and it’s almost the end of the year and we hardly understand anything. This school should get help it really needs it.