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[quote=Anonymous]Parent of current JW 8th grader here.
I wouldnt say the school is stellar by any means, but it was not terrible for us either. 
DS has never complained about bullying, however he does have a fairly tight knit friend group as well as very good friends in higher grades. I have heard reports of drug use and he was approached by a classmate to try some weed, DS declined. That was very nonchalantly reported by DS himself. Before anyone freaks out, I do consider this as "par for the course" in any middle school nowdays.
There are some amazing teachers in the school who really try to connect with kids and are well loved by them (Mr. Yeh, Mr. Lenz, Mrs. Hollander, etc.) and there are some not so great ones. All of the teachers DS had were very responsive to emails if I ever had to reach out.
Admin team is somewhat "meh" with a lot of turnover in recent years and some very strange decisions in terms of school day organization. The "advisory" period (still dont understand what this is for, but I am assuming it is IB requirement) is in the middle of the day now. Complete waste of 20 min that could be spent on lunch or to add time to class transitions. "Advisory" was at the beginning of the day last year and at least it was useful for kids to transition into the school day. Also, some weird crusade against hoodies by the Principal (again as reported by DS).
FWIW, DS is middle of the road student, he is in advanced classes, but is not a straight A kid by no means. His friends are all similar, they all have good grades and no glaring disciplinary issues, but they are not "nerds", just average kids. 
Not sure if this helped.[/quote]

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