Creekland Middle School
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| Creekland Middle School | |
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| Lawrenceville, Georgia, United States | |
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| Head teacher | Dr. Bill Kruskamp |
| Students | 3000+ |
| Type | Middle School |
| Campus | Large |
| Color(s) | Green, Silver and White with Black as an unofficial accent. |
| Established | 1996; Formerly known as Lawrenceville Middle School |
| Homepage | http://www.creeklandms.org/ |
Creekland Middle School is a school in the Collins Hill Cluster in Gwinnett County, Georgia. It has an enrollment of 2,853 students, making it the largest middle school in the United States.[1]
Because the school is so large, it is divided into 5 different "communities" (A,B,C,D, and E). The students are assigned to a community in sixth grade and stay in that community throughout their middle school career. Doing this helps the students stay acclimated to their surroundings.
The two-story school has two gymnasiums, two physical education fields, a two-story library, seven main wings, many trailers.
The school has recently taken criticism for its "fascist" policies aimed at keeping the communities separate. These include color coded "agendas" which are used as a student identification card, complete with barcode. Other policies involve mandatory, color coded tags that the students must display at all times.
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I work there and I have never seen color coded tags? The color coded agendas are a procedure used throughout the school system.
I went to school there and during my 7th grade year in 2003 we had to wear the color coded tags on our book bags at all times so that when we were entering the building in the morning, the teachers on hall duty could tell which way the students were supposed to be going since we had to go straight to homeroom every morning.
when certain students make bad decissions, the entire school gets punnisahed. For example, studeents began to fight during walk and talk. Thus, the entire school was punnished by canceling walk and talk.
I think the canceling of walk and talk had more to do with NCLB and the pressures of state wide standardized test. Students and schools are being judged by their test scores, so there has been an emphasis on increasing instructional time. It would be great to spend an hour a week walking outside, but explain that to a parent whose 7th grade child is being retained for failing the CRCT. By no means am I a fan of NCLB, just stating the facts.
With regards to fighting, it is the school's responsibility to have a safe and secure environment. I don't know how safe or secure it is when the majority of students are walking outside the building. A rural middle school with 400 students might be able to pull it off, but when you are talking 3,000 students it makes it more difficult.
