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Really did not get a good first impression of this school,
we had to register on August 22nd & I did expect a wait.
The lady at the initial window was pleasant & helpful, she assisted the parents by copying the needed forms to enroll .
The problem was the lady who took the forms to verify enrollment criteria.
She did not introduce herself, seemed REALLY agitated by anyone (staff, parents) asking questions.Yes, there was a waiting room full of parents & it was busy, but
her demeanor was not professional, actually eye rolling & making faces, **she has short black hair & glasses.
Before she went back to her office where I assume she was verifying my son, she handed me a handbook and forms & told me to fill them out , she said he needed to choose an elective and left. We were given a sheet with electives but no description as to what they were (leadership?)….
Now I do not believe in coddling him & make him speak for himself and he clearly asked “can you explain what this course is” when she returned for the forms. Everything was filled out except the elective because we didn’t know what it was.
She then made a “ugh” sound & made a sour face.
She seemed to be calming herself because she paused then said “NO”. I said “pardon”?
She then clarified I would HAVE TO ask his counselor any questions because she did not have time (pointing to the waiting room), she said “I am busy”. Turned around & walked off.
We were then passed off to his counselor who was pleasant and did a decent job explaining the classes & then was able to select the elective.
Unfortunately the experience turned negative again when handed his schedule told the school was a “box ”
( it had the 4 corners & each corner was a letter) and was instructed to “go”….
he wasn’t told which period it was –
wasn’t pointed in any direction –
just “go”. I then asked about his locker and we were told he would have to get one later.
He said he was a little late to classes all day & had noticed that there were students (later in the afternoon) being given a tour.
Poor kid was thrown in the deep end
& had an understandably stressful first day.
I understand it was busy, but this must happen every year…is there no way to have extra people assisting?
As for the locker, second day he asked his first period teacher (because he missed first period first day )
who suggested he ask at the office, but he didn’t have time. Day 3 & he finally took time off from lunch to go ask for one.

I’m hoping that this experience is not a glimpse of what to expect.

My youngest sibling attends this school. I help co-parent due to our family being a single parent home. OF ALL SCHOOLS she has attended this one is BY FAR THE WORST. The staff is disrespectful plain and simple. When you get checked in you feel like a complete nuisance/ or you get a handful of ladies with bad attitudes. While walking through the halls pray you don’t get confused as a student because a specific teacher who apparently “monitors the halls” will easily get in your face, throw her hands up and say “why are you here?” I had to show her my badge to prove I was a parent.(Its a crime to look young I guess…) It has happened multiple times and its the same person with the same reaction every time. Teachers here do not communicate. (No mater how many emails you send, or how many times you call.) It must be a crime to want to be involved in your child’s education… especially if they are struggling and you are trying to ask how you can help them be successful. We ended up having to call the principal to get a parent/teacher conference so we could finally get answers. Out of the 6 teachers, only half of them showed up on time. The other half showed up 20+ min late. How can you be so out of touch while being a teacher? THE MOST IMPORTANT JOB WE HAVE ON THIS EARTH? Maybe it is because we have always lived in Cypress and dealt with CFISD schools…. but they make KISD look like a joke. I pray this school gets it together. Hearing the way teachers talk to parents/ students is jaw dropping. GET IT TOGETHER WMJH. THE ONLY GOOD THING I have to say is about 2 teachers I have come to appreciate while being involved in this school. Mr. Kimball (8th grade science teacher) & Mr. Kauffman (8th grade math teacher) BOTH teachers are involved, engaged and 100% willing to go above and beyond. They communicate and are willing to do whatever it takes for the students in their class to be successful. WMJH should be lucky to have them.

Teachers, administrators and students, please do your best to ignore the landslide of ignorant and often purile reviews on your site.

The teacher was trying to teach a lesson in logic. Logic is a science with definite terminology and parameters. Is the statement that “There is a God” grounded in fact? No, it is not. As the student and her mother themselves corroborate, it is a “belief.” Not a “fact.” It isn’t a problem when people “believe”: our Constitution guarantees their right to “believe.” But all of that still doesn’t make a “belief” into a “fact.”

It’s really too bad that ignorance and paranoia have allowed this to spiral out of control. Please know that for every 100 comments you get on here that the teacher is a “Satanist” (or whatever), there are 100,000 intelligent American adults who understand the actual intent of the lesson and appreciate the teacher’s efforts.