Travis Middle School

1600 Finley Road

School District

Irving Independent
Grade

6-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by student on January 05, 2025

To be honest this school sucks I found hair in my food the new principles are very strict only 1 girl in the restroom is allowed and their is 6 stalls in the restroom if you need to use the restroom you need 2 passes
Submitted by parent on March 17, 2024

My daughter was mistreated this past week because her teacher wanted to be on my daughter’s social media. My daughter actually has a video of he asking to be in the video. The video ended up going viral with over 2million views. The teacher then decides to single my daughter out and kick her out of her class because my daughter didn’t turn off of the comments. They also made her delete the post. They also made these decisions without my consent. My daughter is a A honor role student, had top GPA in her class last two years, she plays every sport and hasn’t been in trouble once at school. So like I said maybe my daughter could have turned off the comments which I don’t think she should have since teacher wanted to be in it. But where does the disciplinary action come from when it comes to the teacher?
Submitted by student on October 09, 2023

idk i just hate this particular school
Submitted by student on December 19, 2022

This school is not good because of the violent students, bad teachers, no attention to mental help, bullying, and the worst and last is the bad administration that doesn’t care about the kids and let bad kids do what they want.
Submitted by parent on February 23, 2022

My son's go to school there and I have to say everyone is very nice, but one teacher stands out from the rest the theater arts teacher she really understands what's important and that's the kids education that she's willing to go beyond measures to help whether it be with a co-worker or which one of the students and their family
Submitted by parent on May 26, 2016

The staff, across the board, is very responsive and attentive. Teachers and staff go the extra mile. My child is very happy and has excelled in all areas at Travis. The student body is very diverse. I'm very happy our experience.
Submitted by other on January 13, 2016

If your child has special needs.. even minor needs.. this is not the school for you. While I feel many of the teachers and staff have great intentions.. the environment gets in the way. The majority of the kids are unruly. The staff struggles to maintain safety. There are weekly physical fights. Witness tend to give accounts based on friendship so if you child is not in good with the tough kids... you child will be blamed. The principals are not supportive of finding a solution or separating kids when they are known to have issues with each other. This is keeps the battles going and interferes with learning. They are told to report incidents immediately but are not supported when they do. The staff.. in particular the councilors and principles have a lot of excuses but no resolution or follow through. This has been a very stressful year for my child and we are going to be pulling her out of school to a new school. We are in fact, moving to a different district to protect her safety at school. My stomach is in knots everyday that she has to attend. She has been called names, beat on, antagonized, made fun of, and down right humiliated. She has very few friends and none of whom are willing to stand up to the mean kids. I can't blame them. At this point there is no hope for change unless the administration is changed. The principal is unwilling to engage in productive conversation and makes you feel judged as a parent only trying to get to the bottom of the situation, even if that means your child is in the wrong. As parents we can't fix what is broken and we have been very vocal about wanting to know if our child is behaving poorly. I have had the principal roll her eyes, heavy sighs, sits with arms crossed and if I come back later with questions she is "put-out" that I am still talking about it. I would not recommend sending your child to this school.
Submitted by other on November 02, 2015

Everything the previous rater just said is true...as a veteran teacher who left the school after less than a year, I can vouch for every word. Such a heartbreaking environment. Committed teachers, ruthless administration. I've taught in some tough schools, but have never seen unchecked behavior at this level anywhere.
Submitted by parent on May 20, 2015

There is no discipline at the administrative level. My child has wonderful teachers but the "bad" seeds are allowed to run wild and it seems that the teachers aren't getting any support from the administration to help control them. In one of children's classes, a student threw a desk. The teacher did her job and had him removed from the classroom, but the principal tried to send him back to class. The students who want to learn are being forced to sit in classrooms with these kids who are suffering no consequences for their actions and their education is being stolen from them by the administrators who turn a blind eye to the students that are causing so much disruption in classes that my children, and others like them, have difficulty learning. One of my older children came home last week and told me that the kids who are always causing the problems and failed their STAAR test the first time were given pizza for lunch by the administration the other day for "all of their hard work" getting ready to retake the test. The kids who worked hard all year and actually passed the first time were "rewarded" by watching those kids eat pizza for lunch while they ate the regular school lunch and didn't even get recognized. Thank God for the teachers here. My kids love them and have even been encouraged by them. It is the administrators that my children don't trust. It is because they aren't the students throwing desks, walking out of classrooms and cussing out teachers. Those kids are rewarded by administration with no consequences and pizza parties.
Submitted by parent on March 27, 2013

I want to speak to the problem of bullying at Travis Middle School. I am a parent of two Irving ISD students one whom is on the autism spectrum and is in a GT curriculum. Bullying is a key issue for autism spectrum students and as a parent I have always had my radar up about ANYTHING that seems to be related to bullying. I have gone to parent seminars on bullying and have spoken with the head of the counseling department about it. In my estimation the school district is doing everything it can to get 100% on top of the bullying problems which plauge all schools (I mean, the worst bullying I saw came from a catholic school I attended for a short while). I think the best features about the bullying education, (They have a anti-bullying curriculum now which is taught at all levels Elementary thru high school, It is fantastic!) are the ways they include the parents in the education process so the parents know what signs of bullying to look for and which "channels" within the school system to use to speak out and advocate for their child. Yes, I have used those channels and they do work! Irving ISD is fantastic, bottom line.