Mac Williams Middle

4644 Clinton Road

School District

Cumberland County
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:13
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on October 09, 2024

Racism at its best! My bonus child has been targeted and yes he is mixed. I have sat in classes and them not knowing who I am treat children differently. If your child is black run.
Submitted by other on September 21, 2024

i just have to say... there is people that are made fun of here if there weird, autistic etc. they are made fun of. and there are fights almost every single day. and the kids don't know how to shut their mouths. so then the teachers have to yell and then they can't do their job. now the food... the food is meh some of it good but just beware your stomach may hurt for awhile afterwards with some foods. now the band teachers are so good their so fun and i feel myself when i'm in that class. they do festivals and you get to go to carowinds at the end of the year and much more. the school is alright it's an good learning environment but please raise your kids good because that's what's ruining the school (btw there is some great kids there just majority are some bad)
Submitted by parent on February 02, 2024

My son been bullied for years and doesn't want to go.There is so many issues it is always my son's fault When six to three students bully and when I comfort the school then they don't want to hear it.Yes there is racism in the school.My son is mixed but looks mostly white. The issues he has is always with people of color. Bring it up don't want here it.I am so glad I was in time schools cared and taught school.I have to many things to say.one good thing they have great band teachers.
Submitted by other on June 03, 2023

i really like this school. i love the teachers and i’ve made so many friends here. it’s an amazing school and the band is the best thing about it in my opinion. i’ve loved going here and i think it’s a really good school
Submitted by student on October 04, 2022

every day there is fighting plus a lot of people are getting sick off the food i would not recommend this school
Submitted by student on February 16, 2022

this school sucks, there is constant bullying and most teachers do nothing to stop it. There is constantly students disrupting class and nothing is done, making it very hard to learn anything. There are a few wonderful teachers, but not many. I switched to MWMS from another state after i moved, and the school is very behind academically. I would avoid this school at all costs.
Submitted by parent on August 07, 2019

My daughter had a wonderful experience at Mac Williams which carried over to the high school. There is something positive to be said about a school where many of the faculty and administrators actually live in the same community of the students they teach. I am pleased that she was able to attend school here.
Submitted by parent on July 27, 2018

Terrible! I am so disappointed that my son has to attend this school. I have been looking into private schools and charter schools just to ensure he will not have to attend again next year. This school has broken my sons spirit. He entered Mac Williams an honor roll student and was a member of beta club. He enjoyed school and was very excited and the very first semester received Ds and Fs because the teachers tend to “misplace” work that is later found GRADED, they tend to choose their favorites from the start and focus only on them, and also have no desire to help when your child’s grades fall. I’m VERY disappointed in this school
Submitted by parent on July 01, 2018

would not recommend nor would I want our child to ever return.
Submitted by parent on June 01, 2018

This school has been a terrible experience. I have seen it tear down many good kids and force them into dangerous peer groups in order to fit in. The inclusion classes for students with learning disabilities do not have strong teachers, have poor discipline, and lack structure. They push kids that once gave effort into not caring and giving up. They start hanging with gangs and buy drugs at school. This is also an issue that has been ignored often by teachers not wanting to get involved and few years ago, the SRO even made excuses for one of the kids known to be dealing drugs at the school. Teachers leave with the students, won't meet with parents when it is convenient for parents, and wait until a child is completely lost before even reaching out. I will say that I have hope for the years ahead as a new principal took over midway through this year. Maybe he will get it moving in a positive direction and will take control of the problems. I wish him well as he fights against well established, festering problems.
Submitted by student on May 16, 2016

This school is awful. I moved from Maine to Fayetteville in the middle of the school year for 6th grade, and there are too many problems to even begin to explain. First off, they are so academically behind that I was being taught 2 digit multiplication when in Maine I was taking Pre Algebra. The students are mean, unaccepting, and extremely judgemental, so much so, no one would be friends with me and I was bullied. I know a girl who went to the bathroom and another girl jumped on her back and dug her fingernails into her face and scratched her face up so that she had to leave school! I'm also an accelerated student, so when I moved here they placed me in their "gifted" program, but they gave us the same work as the normal class, just had us separated from the average students. In Maine, they grade on a 10 point scale and Mac Williams did an 8 point scale while I was there. I had all A's in Maine, and one was a 91. Well, Mac Williams wouldn't accept my A's, translated my grades through THEIR SCALE, and gave me B's. Totally unfair! The difficulty of work in the two states is so different! Also, after the EOG testing, the teachers don't make any plans so I watched movies all day for about 2-3 weeks. My mom had me write down all the movies I saw and it ended up being about 26 hours of movies, one being PG-13 and they showed it without permission. When the school year ended, I was so happy I cried about having to go back there again, and my mom decided to homeschool me and my sister. I would not place Mac Williams as a good school on my list.
Submitted by parent on April 01, 2016

This is the absolute worst school my children ever attended. It was dismal. They both hated going to school everyday. Right down from the top, the principal, teachers, and staff seemed to despise both students and parents alike. I once complained to the principal because teachers weren't returning phone calls and email messages, and one of them had the gall to call me on the phone and yell at me! I had a parent once comment to me that they should have a sign at the front door "parents not welcome". My kids continue to have bad memories of this school, as do I.
Submitted by parent on April 15, 2015

Frustrated and disappointed. Communication between the school and parents is poor. I have emailed the guidance department and did not received a response for almost a week (and a few times I never received a response). Teachers fail to respond in a timely manner to emails. Teacher concerns are not taken seriously by administration. Discipline problems abound and are inconsistently handled. This school is poorly managed.
Submitted by parent on February 04, 2015

My daughter attended this school for half of 6th grade and all of 7th grade. The teachers were not attentive to my requests for enforced discipline in the classroom. Too many children attending this school lack discipline, lack attentive parental involvement and the academically driven students suffer for it. Sports are emphasized, academics are a sideline and most children have outrageous behavior that overwhelms the teachers and administration. Children who are there to learn are unable to do so because of the constant distraction from undisciplined children. It is a shame because I feel this school has decent administration and teachers. I suggest Seventy-First or a school of choice offered by the county.