Triangle Math and Science Academy

312 Gregson Drive

School District

Triangle Math And Science Academy
Grade

K-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

charter

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Reviews

Submitted by student on February 18, 2025

My experience at this school was horrible. The teachers are just lazy and give a bunch of IXL homework which is absolutely rigged. The students do more work than the teachers teach them so the students have to learn by themselves. My parents and others think that this is the "#1 school in the whole entire state" and say that I am gonna get better grades in this school so they say that I'm gonna be in this school until I graduate high school. The teachers keep punishing the whole class when 2-3 people get in trouble an keep saying "we will from now on take specifics out to talk to them " but they just don't. They are very strict about the uniforms especially the TMSA jackets. When we don't have TMSA jacket and a different one in the building, they keep telling to put them in the lockers even in the cold classrooms. They give study halls during electives on Wednesdays which is just completely boring. They don't have AIG which almost all schools in the county have. They only focus on online learning most of the time. The school is called a smart school because of the students. If you are a parent and you are thinking of sending your child to this school then PLEASE DO NOT SEND THEM TO THIS SCHOOL.
Submitted by student on February 18, 2025

Terrible. Teachers dont teach well. Only use IXL. Dress down days have to follow a certain theme.
Submitted by student on February 18, 2025

Before writing this review I have thought long and hard about how I would express my emotions for this school in words. Before I begin I would like to say that I have gone through a lot before writing this. I have been through almost 3 quarters before writing this to explain how dreadful this school is. I will be going through each section individually to thoroughly go through this school to understand if this school is good for you or your child. First starting with learning. I have never been more discouraged or negatively charged to not learn, the curriculum in this school is not human-friendly, and it is not designed with the user or educator in mind. This school has shown me what a bad school is. I used to like going to school and learning because I knew it was good for me, but now I am completely unfocused and uninvolved. Next teaching, I have only had 1 good teacher here, all the others have been arrested or previously fired and I mean this with all respect but some have an accent I can't understand. For social and emotional support, I just want to say I have gotten none because I have 1.5 hours to shower eat do my work, and go to sleep as I get home at 8:30 and try to get 8 hours of sleep. I have tried my hardest but as soon as quarter 3 started I have not been able to meet my goal of 8 hours of sleep which is very unhealthy for my growing adolescent body. I will not be reviewing Special Education as that does not apply to me. I do not at all feel safe as in this school if we do not acquire "TMSA approved" wear they will take our hoodies and give out detention. The admin walks around like cops and gives out detention just because of our appropriate wear. I just feel this is completely ridiculous and they should have a normal dress code like other schools. For family engagement when my parents came for a tour of the school there were only a few teachers here after hours. My parents have also told me they don't feel they are involved in my school life. After my parents informed me of this statement I could not even deny this because this was the truth. I would inform you to keep your child or yourself away from this school as they have very unfair rules. We also are not even allowed to get days off for weather. We came to school when the roads were closed. We came to school in a hurricane. My friend's car even spun off into the forest as he was trying to get to school. This is why you need to keep your family away from this school. DO NOT GO TO TMSA!
Submitted by student on February 18, 2025

This school has been good in the way that I've been able to meet nice new people but besides that, the teaching, curriculum, and everything else seems behind and I don't feel like I can learn properly and or safely at times. Many things happened and also they spend all their money on useless things like waxing floors but can't on things like lunches, equipment, or hiring proper staff ( its been almost 5 months and our Middle school counselor still hasn't arrived and there are so many things that are needed to be said and reported but it just cant happen.
Submitted by student on February 18, 2025

This is such a great school the teacher care so much about our learning and how we feel I would recommend this to anyone.
Submitted by student on February 18, 2025

People get into fights a lot in this school
Submitted by student on February 18, 2025

Teachers don't teach. no edcation. ixl only. safety non existing. no emotional support but only emotional damage.
Submitted by student on February 04, 2025

This school is terrible. Lots of events are happening that are bad for the students who go here. Literally, no joke, there were 2 dead rats in the classroom, and when the students complained, they said nothing and simply ignored the issue. Also, this school likes to make students go in unsafe conditions. The week of Martin Luther King Day, we got a day off. But, since it was snowing, every school in North Carolina gave the week off. Except TMSA. They had 1 online day, and they made the parents drive to school in the cold conditions. The dress code is terrible, and it is very strange how they take your jacket away if it isn't a TMSA jacket. Speaking about the TMSA jackets, they are of horrible quality and can rip very easily. Despite being a new school, the school is very run down, with lots of rooms not having working heaters or AC condition, and they still take away your jackets. Lots of teachers don't have any empathy, and this school is very strange. I will never return.
Submitted by student on February 03, 2025

It is the greatest School ever built. King Tmsa is the Goat. It is so cool and great looking and engaging.
Submitted by parent on December 29, 2024

Horrible place. They just assign IXL and online learning work. They will not teach students. Students feel pressure and complaining about not healthy competition between students. Teacher staff is terrible. Teacher is giving pressure wrong way to students for MAP test result. Teacher is giving wrong impression and told they are really busy and have lots of work to complete. They showed busy to students.
Submitted by parent on November 12, 2024

Horrible place. Please do not send your kids to this place. They just assigned IXL work. They will not teach to your students. Pick up process is very bad. I do not see what my kid learns from school. There is no parents-teacher meeting. Some staffs keep checking student lunch box and see what they are brining. You can check last all comments. All comments are negative to this school.
Submitted by student on October 28, 2024

Even though this school has great teachers, the admin is making horrible choices for student life. They not only spend way too much money on building new schools, they can't even buy resources for teachers. For example, the gym was supposed to get equipment about two weeks after school started, but it still hasn't arrived-- in the second quarter. They also hire the worst people. Two of my teachers this year have no idea what they are talking about. This school was once a great school, but it has fallen far.
Submitted by other on September 22, 2024

Bullied at this school because of my race? Yep that's seems right. Teachers are ok as some just assign ixl. The rest is horrible they expect us to get to class in a building with about 5000 people in it.
Submitted by parent on September 18, 2024

This place is chaotic is the least I could say. Most of the teachers are biased and no academic strength. School doesn’t know how to even conduct open house. Their focus on selection is upto the pre-school standard for middle school (I don’t mean to say preschool is bad but I could say they could plan better compared to this)
Submitted by other on September 07, 2024

I am a recent alum of TMSA middle school and I can say with confidence that this school is an overall overrated school ever since the admin change. The sole reason why this school's grades and academics are high are because the students are very dilligent about their grades. Aside from a few teachers the majority of teaching that I have experienced have been Youtube videos and IXL. Most teachers don't teach anything on their own and usually its up to the students to figure out what to do. Along with this, the school's saftey isn't made with the students' well-being in mind. During my time at TMSA, they made us play in the parking lot with moving cars, constant bullying by both the teachers and students and no support for those struggling. Even at the beginning of this year TMSA failed to pass building inspection which meant that school had to be pushed back another week due to it not being fit to house students in its capacity. In conclusion, you are better off going to a public school because this is just a public school pretending that its better than a public school.
Submitted by parent on August 15, 2024

Pick up times are poorly managed and it can easily take over 30 min to pickup my son.Also, my kid was bullied at this school. They rubbed curry in his hair. The teacher called him bainchod in front of his math class.We were unable to speak with some teacher effectively because their English was very poor. That was very frustrating.Our kid is in a new school now and is doing much better. Other parents have shared our frustration with this school and the administrators.
Submitted by parent on May 08, 2024

My child told me how the teachers aren't as great as her previous teachers. She doesn't like the school and she is not motivated. She said the teachers don't "foster learning habits" and she wants to go back to her old school.
Submitted by parent on May 07, 2024

This school is overall a bad school. One of the seventh grade teachers do not understand English and you have to learn how German in order to understand their language. Overall very hard to adjust public schools are very better
Submitted by parent on March 15, 2024

The school is trying to force HS students to take AP classes whether it is appropriate or not. It is great that they offer AP classes but to attempt to force all students seems to go against providing an appropriate education for all.
Submitted by parent on February 08, 2024

Unfortunately, there seems to be a recent shift towards expansion compromising quality of education in this school. There is no Parent-Teacher Association, and parent grievances are ignored. There is no proper discussion or communication from the school on important decisions - for example, they decided to split 6th grade and rest of middle school in two different locations without considering the impact for the 6th graders who would miss out on advanced classes/clubs/band/sports that are part of the middle school experience. Expansion means there is a need for more teachers, but unfortunately good teachers are hard to find in the current market and existing teachers seem so overworked with large class sizes (close to 30 students per home room). There is more focus on practicing repeatedly for EOG tests, not much focus on teaching concepts or making things interesting for kids to learn. Kids spend more time on chromebooks in school and less time interacting with other kids or teachers. Most classrooms don't have windows and the play area is small/overcrowded considering there are close to 1000 kids in the building. My elementary kid does not even get a snack break after lunch (11am) and comes home extremely tired and hungry. There are no school buses, and the worse part is the carpool pickup time in the evening which typically takes 30-40 min waiting on the road outside the school campus (there are 9 grades in same building). There are frequent half-day/early release days which makes things even harder as we have to take time off from work for couple of hours in the middle of the day to pickup kids.