The after school pickup is beyond dangerous and a mess just people parked in the middle of the road. I hope no accidents happen, just sitting here writing this waiting for pickup and I have seen 2 people almost wreck because of the traffic in the middle of the street! read more

The experience I had at Bernal was very good. The principal and staff are very nice and friendly. The school is beautiful!

As a current student, I've tried to make the best of my time here. But the truth is, this school has a lot of serious issues that never seem to get taken seriously. The environment feels draining the second you walk in. There's no sense of comfort or safety. I've personally been sexually harassed more than once, and so have my friends. The one time I tried to escape it, I had to switch to online school. When my friends tried to report what happened on my behalf, nothing was done--not even a conversation with the person's parents. Staff brushed it off completely. Meanwhile, I've seen real, dedicated teachers get hit with weird rumors--while others in leadership, including the principal, have been caught doing inappropriate things and still somehow keep their jobs. Fights happen all the time. Bathrooms? I genuinely can't describe what goes on in there. It's not okay. And food? Let's just say I've bitten into chicken nuggets that were still pink inside. Dress code is all over the place. A friend got in trouble because her shirt covered part of her shorts--even though the shorts were longer than required. Another got called out for socks. It's like they're trying to find problems that don't exist, while ignoring the ones that do. Students who bully others are the same ones being asked to put up "anti-bullying" signs, as if that solves anything. The priorities are backwards. If I could say one thing to the people in charge: try actually listening to your students. read more

My children transferred to Bernal MS from Briscoe MS for their 8th grade year. They participated in athletics, dance, and Student to student club. They took opportunities to make new friends and they took advanced classes as well as high school credit classes like algebra and Spanish. When the year was over I asked if they preferred one middle school over the other. They said overall they preferred Bernal because the students, staff, and teachers were more friendly and welcoming. I asked if they had any pros or cons but either campus and one thing my son pointed out was that the Briscoe choir teacher was the reason he decided to quit his love of choir. He said she was very militaristic and not friendly. He said as a 6th grader he was scared of her and dreaded going to her class. I recall reaching out to her to see if we could work on this but her response was negative and I ended up requesting he be moved to another elective. Other than that they said both campuses were good but that they preferred Bernal MS. read more

Some teachers are really nice but some are just strait up Karen's. School food is okay but chicken nuggets are pink inside. But gym teachers do not work out with us and just yell at us and call us lazy (girl coaches beside coach mora). GYAT: Get your act together. Get THICKER TOILET PAPER INSTEAD OF SPENDING YOUR MONEY ON HOLIDAY DECORATIONS AND 6TH GRADE DANCES read more

I was eating a chicken sandwich but it tasted wierd so I looked at it and there was mold and I got sick

it's amazing there's is the nicest teachers there it's overall the school is 10/10 the best middle school ever good kids good teachers good shoes good clothes. read more

I am basing this review on a fairly new encounter. I will update when we have more experience with the school. This is a new school so don't let the fact that you can't find it on Yelp alarm you. The building is bright, clean and very spacious. The staff clearly take pride in what they do. Everyone we've met this far has been responsive, engaging and well informed. The school has great band, theater as well as sports programs! There is anti-bully flyers everywhere :) read more

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Great looking school my only complaint is this. When you go to the NISD parent connection you are constantly seeing bad grades and missing work. This causes the parents who use it to rip their kids a new one only to find out later the teachers have failed to enter grades. I think maybe a better process would be to enter the assignments after they have been graded. Instead of when assigned then not entering the grades 2 weeks later or in some cases not at all. I am sure the kids would appreciate not getting the business over something out of their control. read more

My daughter, son-in-law and grandson attended an open house yesterday August 22, the air conditioner was broken and they were told that it might not be fixed when school starts. This is unacceptable that a fairly new school would not be prepared for arriving students and subject them to unbearable heat during the day. Someone in charge needs to get this fixed before school starts on Monday August 28th! read more