Mesa Middle School

"Mesa has faced the same challenges that all schools face (poor funding, poor academic guidance, over-crowding, ...) the problems are the same year to year but with a few exceptions. Mesa is part of a County wide school district that has been caught at "cooking" the books and "cooking" student hours for eduction which has resulted in serious turnover and attrition (not because teachers were let go for poo performance but for high pay so that Administrative staff could get higher pay). With this the experience and talent pool has drained to the bottom. No child left behind is now common as most children at Mesa are left behind and either passed along like sheep or if they ask questions they are labeled as trouble makers and punished. I am removing my child form this caustic atmosphere and not allowing my other child to ago to this horrible shameful school. Where will they go, it certainly won't be the disgraceful criminal DCSD public schools, private and charter schools are the only choices left that are fully accredited so thats where we are forced to (as DCSD is also trying to keep those out as more and more families find out that DCSD is a failure of in Colorado)."

"Outstanding school. great teachers, great staff, great administration. The staff is caring and really looks to help students achieve success in the middle school level."

"Now that Stephenson is gone, there is only one way to go, and that's up. Bring on the new school year and the new administration. Anything is better than the last. Looking forward to August."

"My kids attended Sage Canyon before Mesa, and Sage Canyon was amazing. People said to not send your kids to Douglas County Schools, and after Sage Canyon those comments didn't make sense. After my kids attended Mesa I understood their comments. Mesa has a phenomenal principal but too many teachers seem to not care. They appear angry. This is understandable after the chaos of the shut downs during the pandemics and the poorly managed school board (it's terrible no matter what political side runs it -- It shouldn't be political and that's part of the problem). My kids used to love school but are doing poorly now and say they hate it. From bullying at Mesa, to angry teachers, to a messed up school board, to the depression and separation the panic shut downs created, Douglas County Schools continue to fail students. We are leaving Douglas County Schools for our kids. The school board and school can't do their job, in my opinion based on our experience, so we are saving our kids from them."

"Now that Stephenson is gone, there is only one way to go, and that's up. Bring on the new school year and the new administration. Anything is better than the last. Looking forward to August."

"Outstanding school. great teachers, great staff, great administration. The staff is caring and really looks to help students achieve success in the middle school level."

"Mesa has faced the same challenges that all schools face (poor funding, poor academic guidance, over-crowding, ...) the problems are the same year to year but with a few exceptions. Mesa is part of a County wide school district that has been caught at "cooking" the books and "cooking" student hours for eduction which has resulted in serious turnover and attrition (not because teachers were let go for poo performance but for high pay so that Administrative staff could get higher pay). With this the experience and talent pool has drained to the bottom. No child left behind is now common as most children at Mesa are left behind and either passed along like sheep or if they ask questions they are labeled as trouble makers and punished. I am removing my child form this caustic atmosphere and not allowing my other child to ago to this horrible shameful school. Where will they go, it certainly won't be the disgraceful criminal DCSD public schools, private and charter schools are the only choices left that are fully accredited so thats where we are forced to (as DCSD is also trying to keep those out as more and more families find out that DCSD is a failure of in Colorado)."

"My kids attended Sage Canyon before Mesa, and Sage Canyon was amazing. People said to not send your kids to Douglas County Schools, and after Sage Canyon those comments didn't make sense. After my kids attended Mesa I understood their comments. Mesa has a phenomenal principal but too many teachers seem to not care. They appear angry. This is understandable after the chaos of the shut downs during the pandemics and the poorly managed school board (it's terrible no matter what political side runs it -- It shouldn't be political and that's part of the problem). My kids used to love school but are doing poorly now and say they hate it. From bullying at Mesa, to angry teachers, to a messed up school board, to the depression and separation the panic shut downs created, Douglas County Schools continue to fail students. We are leaving Douglas County Schools for our kids. The school board and school can't do their job, in my opinion based on our experience, so we are saving our kids from them."