Gus Garcia Middle School

Just attended the football game between Garcia and Fillmore and was shocked and disgusted that a teacher would behave so badly with a 7^th grade football team in the presence of his fellow coworkers and parents. I was led to believe that a teacher is a leader in the classroom, on the field and in the stands, this is not the case with this teacher of bad behavior. Shame on you Garcia AISD principle for having someone like this at your school shaping the minds and futures of your schools children. I am deeply saddened and embarrassed for you.

This is a lovely & relatively new campus with a caring & dedicated faculty & staff. Underpopulated, there is plenty of room for growth, and most students cannot seem to appreciate how nice this circumstance is for them. Classes are fairly small & students get quite a bit of personal attention.
Many people view this as a school with some troubles, but, while one cannot deny this, one also cannot deny that there are some delightful, talented, motivated students in a variety of fine programs. Some of these students have the gifts & will go on to the Liberal Arts & Science Academy (magnet program) at LBJ High School to participate in their many unusual programs, such as engineering & robotics.
This school currently has a nearly full complement of fine arts programs (band, orchestra, dance, art, computer animation), so the students have ample opportunity to apply their learning & express themselves in a variety of ways. Inexplicably, theatre arts are not part of the current offerings, but choir has been consistently so inconsistent that it was abandoned not long ago.
Several in-​school tutoring & behavior management, as well as after school enrichment programs operate on this campus to support student learning, affectation, and success, so that students have ample opportunity to get a variety of assistance all day long.
The cafeteria management may be among the best in the district, though the food offerings are very basic, with no frills whatsoever. The cafeteria supports basic student nutritional needs & offers very affordable meals to staff, as well. However, the lack of flexibility in scheduling makes it certain that some school staff cannot eat a cafeteria lunch.
Some staff might seem a bit gruff or grumpy at times, but what can one expect when some students will not respond constructively to any other manner of addressing them? Like many similar schools, some students often behave as if they are disinterested & they therefore can appear disrespectful & troubled.