The “Green Machine” slogan for this school is a gimmick. It is not a “premier” school as it claims. It keeps the doors open only by allowing whomever wants to go here in. There are accountability issues allowing kids to assault others and gang activity with no safety officer onsite. The school should be investigated and students on district transfer with dangerous behavior sent out. Instead the Administration hides it with an 8 foot black metal fence, locked gates, and cameras everywhere and makes every excuse to allow an unsafe school site persist.
The school lacks boundaries and does not support families from the area. Don’t believe the scores for this school as it’s only a result of the recent senior class who were outliers and in one of the school’s academies. The good teachers here complain of how poorly the school is run and many are leaving as a result. The school is challenged by inadequate resources and my students learned very little in their time here. Students are not well prepared for competitive colleges if that’s what your are interested in.
My take is good students cannot focus on the classroom and worry for their safety. Instead they are taunted by some awful kids (pants down, ski masks, gang tattoos, ankle monitors, in groups out to intimate others) who any rational adult would question is this ok and should it be tolerated. The police department in the city doesn’t think so but the school does not want better cooperation from law enforcement to help. The leadership spends its time instead shaming females for their clothes like tank tops and shorts, and would rather turn a blind eye to the sagging pants and bottoms out everywhere. Go take a good look for yourself and I am glad we’re moving on and will not look back.