Paul R. Smith Middle School

SARAH

The bullying at this school is absolutely preposterous! There are fights over all everyday, and the kids here have not a bit of respect! You cannot ever learn because some kid has to disturb the whole class. One day I was walking through a class after testing not hurting a soul, and got screamed at with absolutely inappropriate and inapplicable words, such as "squid ward" as I have a slightly bigger nose than usual! I have since reported the incident and the gentlemen that spoke such disrespectful words had not gotten in trouble! I do not recommend sending your child here! This school is no place for a child to get the education they need to be successful in life! I will assure you as a sixth grade student I will not attend this school next year! 5/21/18

Jackie

My daughter is currently attending 8th grade at Paul R. She is a member of the Cambridge program and absolutely loves it! Every day my baby excitedly tells me about something she has learned, or some awesome project they are doing. According to her all of her teachers are nice and she couldn’t be happier. The principal is a very friendly, approachable man, and the staff in the office are as sweet as pie. I am extremely happy with my decision to transfer her to this A+ school.

Dana B.

This school is horrible can't wait to get my child out of it. The teachers are rude to the students, most of the students have behavior issues and there is no discipline for their actions so the students that are trying to learn just have to suffer and deal with it. Would give it negative stars if that rating was possible 👎👎👎👎👎🖕

Rapid R. X.

Im a student here and I can Definitly say this school is far from the worse. This school offers many different learning opportunities to better the education of student which includes Infinity academy a blended learning program best of them all, Cambride, avid, advanced and honors. This school is amazing and teacher care and allow you to take control over your learning review writers please take a second to think about the school and how it really is compared to how you think it is. Any issue is always handled in an appropriate manner and wants everyone to be together with that being said. Im proud to be an eagle and i hope you are too!

Heather

mark K.

My son is new to this school. Only one month here. So far he had his backpack robbed with his lunch money. Been stabbed with a pen ,which broke skin , elbowed in the nose which sent him to nurses office. I never received a call from. . Today someone tried to steal is iPhone which he carries in case of emergency in school. This school is out of control. I am an US MARINE VETERAN and I am not going to put up with this bullying BS going on in this school. We send our kids to school thinking they are safe . They are not. Last week there was a threat in the school which you can read for yourself on the Pasco County Sheriffs Website. What kind of school doesn't look out for the safety of our kids . I'm sorry but I will make this school famous all over social media. Looking into transfer. Does anyone have any idea of any safer schools for a resident of Holiday? Because this is complete BS that our children are under teacher supervision and they do not act on bullying. They turn the cheek . I'm am not a happy parent and so far this school is HORRIBLE. I DO NOT RECOMMEND SENDING YOUR KIDS HERE. LOOK ELSEWHERE!!!!!! I INSTRUCTED MY SON TO DEFEND HIM SELF IF BULLIED. HE WILL BE REWARDED IF IT'S SELF DEFENSE. BUT IF HE IS A BULLY. HE WILL BE IN BIG TROUBLE AT HOME. I DON'T CARE IF THE SUSPEND HIM FOR DEFENDING HIMSELF. If my son's phone is taken out of his pocket again . I will file a Police report. I have a tracker and GPS on it so I will know where it is and I will go through every legal step possible to hold the person responsible for theft which is worth a lot of money . And would give them a felony. So I hope they think twice before stealing my kids phone. It also has a photo taker so I will get an email picture of anyone who does not know the password , I will lock the device and it will be useless. Sorry for my rant but I've had enough of the BS in this school !!!!! Signed .....USMARINE44

rick D.

From what I see the outside of school it looks nice and I don't understand why people don't like this school, kept telling bad reputations. I hope the PRINCIPLE correct those bad reviews online My son will go there next year, and I'M hoping the SCHOOL PROGRAMS and the STAFFS will be much better!!!!

Dae ?. D.

I went to this school 6th - 7th grade & it was a living hell. Though Paul R. Smith offers great music & althetic opportunities, the teachers & education is horrible. After transferring to a new school I found that they were holding me back for my aademic abilities, I found that once I transferred I was a honorary gifted student & was supposed to be put in a higher grade level as well as a higher level class- which Paul R. does offer. The class room setting is terrible, teachers didn't know how to control their students from talking or disrupting the class, fights & drama go on every day/ hour at that school, the teachers just teach what they're supposed to teach & move on from the next lesson not giving a damn what students don't understand( if I could rate them zero stars I would). As a former Paul R. Smith student I am proud to say that I left that god forsaken hell hole & graduated early.