Dessau Middle

I attended this school as a kid and even then it was not up to the standards as it should be. Your child will go down a wrong path going to this school. I have nephews who attended and dropped out because of the constant harassing and bullies. This is not a good school. When my daughter was rezoned to this school I immediately withdrew her from pfisd. And she is attending harmony charter school and thriving best decision I ever made. This school changes kids and not for the better. Dont believe me look all of it up the rating, look up stories. It's not a good place to have your child. Steer clear.

The school is not as bad as they make it seem the teachers are great the coaches know what they are doing

The problem with Dessau Middle School is the almost complete apathy of the teachers and administration. These are children from families who are largely struggling. They are single parents often working long hours or more than one job or they are uneducated parents who can't get a good job and are incapable of helping their children much. Many parents don't even speak English and thus cannot communicate with the teachers. This situation takes special people who truly care about the students and are willing to work to treat them as individuals and give them special attention but that isn't the kind of people that Dessau Middle School hires. Some of the teachers and at least one of the principals are simply mean and unhappy people; they are not caring or nice and should not be working with children, especially not needy children. There is no allowance for the fact that these children are often home alone and if they get in trouble at school, the solution is to send them home... they don't care that that only makes it worse. If you want a school where the teachers and staff work with you and think of the care of your child as a team effort, this is the wrong school! It's sad and I hope the new Principal will finally do something about it. The other schools in this district are good. Delco was awesome and Dessau Elementary was fine. Connally High School is very good. It's just that very difficult middle school piece and it's such an important phase of a child's life. I hope they figure it out. We are leaving now; this was our last year and I have at least one child who was definitely negatively impacted by his time at Dessau.