Halifax Area High School

Not bad cirriculum but can be a working parent an have your child in between two buses because they wont work with you. You basically have to be living off welfare with no interest in working.

To all the reviewers who say the teachers aren't giving challenging work: The pressure to "dumb down" everything is coming from "the top"- teachers are upset about it but afraid to say anything. Seniors WILL get their diploma no matter how little work they do - teachers don't have a say in that policy. In fact there are teachers who have boycotted graduation as a silent protest because there are many there who don't deserve their diploma.

My grandaughter is a special needs child and I really don't feel Halifax Schools are doing right by her. She is going to second grade next year and she hasn't done what is required of first grade. I don't want her lost in the school system for the next twelve years.

As a former student, Halifax is certainly a town where politics dominates both academically and athletically. Also, some teachers, especially in the HS, cannot teach and compensate by giving pointless projects and absurdly easy tests (even at honors level). Almost all teachers have too many classes (i.e. 6 or 7 per day) to be effective, if they tried teaching. HS seems very concerned about socializing and preventing partying (by even monitoring facebook accounts). If the teachers completed their jobs more effectively and gave more meaningful (i.e. college-preparatory) homework, maybe students wouldn't feel the need to party (since they would have intelligent ways to spend their time). Bullying may be a problem, although bullying is worse in school districts that stress socializing over academics, since you're value becomes 'how popular am I?' rather than 'how prepared for college am I?'.