Thomas Dale High School

With 3 children, one already graduated from Thomas Dale, I can confidently say each individual student’s experience at Thomas Dale will directly reflect the choices that student makes - who they choose to be friends with, how much they choose to study, how engaged they choose to be. Thomas Dale has been a great place for my children to learn this important fact of life and everything they need to be successful is there if they choose to seek it out.

Both of my children have attended Thomas Dale High School. I have found the teachers to be kind and caring and the administration to go above and beyond on more than one occasion. The community within the school is hard to miss and makes Thomas Dale home to the students and staff. Like anything, you get out of it what you put into it. Proud to be part of the Thomas Dale community!

Something else that should be mentioned is that the "cameras" outside most likely don't work. I believe this because someone broke into my brother's car after school hours, where it was parked in the teacher parking lot, and they "couldn't pull up the tapes." So either they can't be bothered when there's an actual crime committed at the school, or the cameras don't work.Everyone says to "enjoy high school, that's the best time of your life!" Well, if these are the best years of my life, I don't have much to look forward to in the future. I'm sure there are some people who have had an enjoyable time at Dale... Ignorance is bliss. My four year sentence is almost up. There's a reason we call it "Thomas Jail."

It was ok I guess you could say. The staff in the front office are lazy and don't want to process requests. Teachers are nasty and rude towards students AND PARENTS and they don't have any sympathy when a student is out sick or has family issues. Teachers are ALWAYS late to class, but get onto children about being late to class. The grading is horrible. If you correct a teacher on their grading of an assignment, they'll deduct more points. Overall, it's a very unfair environment. There have been threats to a school shooting over social media a few times, and the county nor the school has said or informed parents about the issue, which is a safety issue for the kids. If I were a parent, I wouldn't feel safe sending my kid to school here. There are threats of violence, and there are also lots of drugs at Thomas Dale. It needs to be a happier learning environment.