Cesar Chavez Middle School

As far as middle schools go in Union City, I guess this one is slightly better than the rest. The school actually appears decent on both the outside and inside. Parking lot is small, though. They should increase the number of spaces to reduce the number of visitors who need to park on the street.
Like all public schools, teacher quality here is a mix. Some are good, some are bad. It all depends on luck and who your child gets assigned to for single subjects. My husband completed his student teaching here and had a nightmarish experience with his mentor teacher (teaches history). While he loved the students and the school culture, he could not stand his mentor teacher because of her meanness and lack of support throughout his student teaching.

I really really like this school because the teachers are nice and the school is pretty big. I have been in CCMA for two years and this year I’m almost in a third year and that means it’s my last year in CCMS.

So far, it’s almost the end of the first quarter of the school year. I am having mixed feelings about this school that my youngest son goes to, not like my other daughters who came from Alvarado Middle school in the same district. There are only two middle schools in Union City.
The staff are pretty friendly but are unorganized with how things function for events. There are a few teachers that are pretty good that I really like. I experienced their kind of organization during the sixth grade orientation. They were so unorganized that we were there for about 6 hours! It was not a quick orientation and the parents and kids were everywhere. They kept apologizing. There are 1400 kids that attend this school so they need to be better at!
The campus looks pretty updated and has a baseball, track, basketball area and a gym. The only entrance to the school is on the side when school opens and they only open 15 – 20 minutes before the bell. The kids are not allowed to enter through the office. I guess they don’t have staff to monitor the kids who is at the school but very inconvenient if your child needs to go early to go to the office or need to speak to the teacher before hand or even hang out to study before a test. It’s hard for me not to compare to Alvarado Middle as I had three of my girls attend there and I really liked that school. I just don’t get there system.
They have an IEP program which my son goes to and the staff have been very accommodating with my needs for my son. I am still doubtful about their education for IEP students and if it’s helping my son but I will update at the end of the year if things get better and my son shows improvement with these teachers.
The roads going to the school are always crowded before school and after. You really have to come early to find parking and wait for your child. There is really not much staff to monitor outside the areas since the beginning of the school year. So far, its an ok school. It has not met my standards yet.

Was I the only one who thought this school was amazingly created? Lol I remember going to school here and loving how secluded and hidden the library was. Not to mention how the hallway where you see the semi little forest lol. Best middle school I went to better than Barnard White. I loved the snack stand that was by the D wing (?) always had to get my fries and pizza with a soda for lunch lol.

Don’t pull u turns in front of the school you idiots… Stop blocking traffic to watch your kid cross the street. If your that worried get out and walk with them!!! If the car in front of you stopped at the crosswalk to let their kid out then let your kid out at the same time, you really don’t have to wait and pull up one car length and stop again… that’s why we have traffic problems.
The school is great but some of the drivers are just knuckle heads. And if you throw your trash out the window I will embarrass you in front of the kids so they can laugh at you too. Set a good example for our young ones. You litter and then they litter then our town looks like Calcutta.

This is a very clean school secretaries are very helpful the counselors are very helpful the principle is very nice the school has a good variety of different subjects to study there’s a really huge library and science wing the music department the cafeteria and a gymnasium is very nice. I was very happy with the school layout