Victor Junior High School

Reviews

• Submitted by other on July 14, 2023
  This is a place where your child can have many opportunities to learn, develop in several excellent extracurricular programs, and find good friends. The teachers and administrators do an excellent job helping kids learn in environments and ways that are helpful to them. They even have required semester home and careers class where they learn to take care of children, cook, write a check, budget, and interview for a job. Take advantage of excellent modified sports, theatre, music, guard, art, and tech programs. Work begins to learn a foreign language and excellent preparation for higher learning occurs here. Just an excellent school and one of the best in the area.
• Submitted by student on May 30, 2023
  I love this school so much I can't wait to come back.
• Submitted by parent on April 11, 2022
  For many years I’ve been satisfied with my children’s experience at VCS. Unfortunately, that is no longer the case. Since my children reached JR. High and High school I’ve realized that while they have been able to take advantage of some positive opportunities, the basic educational experience is lacking. There have been many changes over the years in the administration at all levels. At this point I feel there is a lack of vision and communication with parents and the community. For an administration that uses the word transparency as often as I have heard it there is an astounding lack of responsiveness to valid parental concerns. The main goal of any communication seems focused on marketing and maintaining a certain image. At this point I don’t feel that the actual experience of students and parents comes close to meeting the lofty public statements. Forget about having a conversation regarding concerns you may have. In my experience I’ve left feeling like the goal from the district’s side was to “handle” me and persuade me of why my concerns weren’t valid instead of having a dialog. Or worse the blame is put on the parent/staff/community member (I have not had this experience personally because I’ve made sure to follow the very rigid protocols for communication but have seen it happen with others) and reminder emails are sent to the parent community as a whole about the “right”way to communicate. Meanwhile parents who feel strongly enough to threaten a lawsuit seem to get what they want. I believe in this community and it’s children deeply. I wish I could still wholeheartedly believe that the school district wanted a partnership with parents and community members based on mutual respect. My children have had some wonderful, dedicated teachers. Many of these professionals have been treated poorly (sometimes by community members as well) and real harm has been caused by the way their leadership has prioritized flash over substance. In each area whether it’s academics, sports, music, or arts the focus seems to be on what will look good in the twitter feed or on instagram rather than on substantive content driven challenges or what our community really needs to promote the social-emotional health and well being of its young people. This district has seen a huge growth in population while I have lived here and there is a real shortsightedness when it comes to considering the needs of a large portion of students at VCS.

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