A L Stanback Middle

3700 North Carolina 86

School District

Orange County
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on August 14, 2023

Wonderful school with great teachers and a caring community. Very well organized, nice students and families. I'm so glad our kids have had this experience!
Submitted by parent on May 25, 2021

We moved from FL to here, the school is so welcoming. We are so thankful for every single teacher and administrator, this is the BEST school my daughter has attended even during this pandemic!
Submitted by parent on June 30, 2020

Great experience 10/10! I love this school!
Submitted by parent on February 28, 2019

Despite the excessively annoying phone calls from the principal, communication is pretty poor. My child is supposed to be in advanced classes and yet they are currently doing integers. INTEGERS! They are nowhere close to the state standards. My son child has gotten in trouble a few times this year for being bullied. WTF? I hate this school with a passion
Submitted by parent on December 31, 2017

Mediocre at best. Some really good teachers. A couple teachers just ticking off days until retirement.
Submitted by parent on December 08, 2017

My daughter has excelled at this school and loves going there.
Submitted by parent on July 29, 2016

Publicado Mayo 12, 2016- un miembro de la comunidad The new principal is great, always willing to help .
Submitted by other on May 12, 2016

The new principal is great, always willing to help the kids and parents. My daughter transitioned to 8th grade from another school in the district, and I was concerned about the quality of this school. Shortly after the school year started, my fears were dissipated. There is great communication from the teachers. My daughter has great teachers, and she's learning a lot. She's very happy with the atmosphere at this school. There are no clicks, and the kids are very friendly. I'm extremely happy that we switched to this school. My younger daughter will be as successful and happy as her older sister.
Submitted by teacher on August 18, 2012

As a teacher, I find ALS a great place to work. The administration is supportive and respects me as the professional I am. There are multiple levels of leadership available for staff to help shape and influence the programs and outcomes of the school and my experience in leadership positions and on committees has been positive and productive. I have always felt comfortable bringing my ideas to the table, and have felt equally comfortable asking for help and support. I have worked in all three grade levels and in each found my colleagues to be professional and supportive. While our school's PTSO activity varies from year to year, is usually active and helpful. Parent support overall is pretty good and I have always had a handful of dedicated and available parents each year. The best part of our school however is the students. While they certainly try to push the limits to find their boundaries, they are an awesome bunch who like to get involved. Activities like sports, band, chorus, robotics, student council, Hands for Habitat, Battle of the Books, WEB Leaders, AVID leadership council, and the school newspaper to name just a few. I am proud to be a teacher at ALS.
Submitted by parent on September 15, 2011

I have one son currently enrolled and another that has moved onto High School. The school is excellent and I'm confused as to the comments below. It appears these are from parents with a particular gripe against a particular teacher. My sons have had great teachers here. The honors curriculum is very good for a public school and my sons have scored high on their EOGs (high-90's). The sports are good for middle school and the band program is phenomenal. There doesn't seem to be a discipline problem here and the students are normally happy and bustling along whenever I visit.
Submitted by parent on April 17, 2011

My child is a 6th grader who was absent a week with the flu. I had to repeatedly ask the teacher, to send home her make up work, She finally gave it to her. She looked it over and asked her teacher if she could explain it to her as she was absent when it was taught to the class. She was told to take it home and figure it out for herself. In class, it's explained only once.If they don't get it--too bad! The science teacher is just as bad!.My child has gone from an A/B honor roll student for all of her school years, to a student who is barely passing math and science--2 subjects she has always loved until this year! It was my understanding that teaching is what we pay TEACHERS to do! It's not up to the children to teach themselves. If that were the case. we wouldn't need schools! My child doesn't want me to confront these "teachers" with this because she's afraid of being embarrassed by them in front of the class. Several other parents have had conferences with them for the same problems we're having and they're hostile towards those kids. When the school year ends, 3 more parents and I are going to the school board. And, just for the record, Ms Jones is a wonderful principal!