Mclean Middle School

3816 Stadium Drive

School District

Fort Worth Independent
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on January 15, 2024

This school sucks I go here as a 7th grade white kid and I get bullied 24/7 I told the teacher and principal about and the kids that bullied me haven't been suspended it's like they turned a blind eye and my friends who are rich told me that the school only turned a blind eye cause I was a medium class child and didn't join the PTA DO NOT SEND YOU'RE KIDS HERE IF YOU ARE MIDDLE CLASS and if I get suspended for this I don't care McLean sucks besides the teachers
Submitted by other on August 14, 2023

this school actually sucks. they put their money where their mouth is and act like they care about students, but the only thing they care about is money. also, when kids get bullied or made fun of they turn a blind eye to it. this school is more like a daycare than a school. the kids here are either rich or just above the poverty line. the rich kids always pick on others because they know that their parents basically control the school thru pta. overall horrible school that only cares about $.
Submitted by teacher on September 01, 2021

I am a former teacher at McLean. I found this school to be a toxic nightmare for non-white and economically-disadvantaged students. Like Tanglewood and Paschal, the leadership at this school only cares about appeasing the affluent families (who happen to run the PTA). Unlike Tanglewood, affluent families are a minority in this school. Because the school depends on families who can afford to send their children elsewhere to keep enrollment high, the affluent few call all the shots. Decisions are not based on what is best for all students. Decisions are only made based on keeping wealthy parents happy enough to keep their students in McLean. There are some really outstanding teachers here, but most of them are given all/mostly pre-AP and advanced sections. Lower-performing teachers are given on-level or remedial classes and no support from administration or colleagues. I consider myself a competent teacher (hope so!), but I still needed support from administration and colleagues, and it was impossible for me to get help. This leads bad teachers to become worse teachers, and they’re the ones teaching underserved students. You only need to look at the achievement gap among disadvantaged and non-white students to see the effects of this school on underserved populations.The focus on fundraising at this school is sick. Fundraising events segregated affluent and disadvantaged kids. At one event, kids who did not purchase tickets could only walk around the track in the middle of the day during May in Texas with no shade. Students who purchased tickets were able to join group sport tournaments and other fun activities. The money raised at these events seems to go on to further serve the affluent kids and leave the rest behind. Administration constantly talked about the importance of maintaining enrollment and made it clear that many of us would lose our jobs if families chose to move their children to other schools. I was bullied by parents and pressured by admin into changing grades for affluent students who participated in sports. There is not one cell in my body that would want to work at this school again or send my own kids there.
Submitted by parent on March 26, 2021

Do not send your child to this school, get a second job and send them elsewhere. The parent portal is not updated and hard to tell if an assessment was turned in or just not graded. His art teacher literally spends the class period with his back to the class. The students are not comfortable raising their hands to has questions or get clarification. Also when my son was performing low in math it was another teacher that called me to let me know about a course that was now open in the portal. Why couldn’t his own math teacher give him instructions especially since half the class is doing online? Obviously a very disappointing experience.
Submitted by parent on August 06, 2020

My daughter's 7th-grade math teacher does not quite teach anything. Sometimes, I asked her some very basic math questions, she still used what she learned from 6th grade. She said she literally learning nothing in 7th grade's math as the teaching was just chatting with other teachers and does not spend time to teach anything to the class. Terrible!I actually also asked other parents and some feedback to the math teacher.
Submitted by parent on April 28, 2014

This school is excellent!! love the curriculum ..my daughter is excelling in all her classes, and getting a chance to perform through higher expectations...
Submitted by other on June 22, 2012

Amazing experience at McLean the principle was strict but only because because he wanted us to succeed, great teachers and awesome of activities like theater and band. I went here for a 7 grade it was an amazing experience.
Submitted by other on January 10, 2012

im a seventh grader here and i LOVE IT!! Mclean is better than Rosemont :D