200 E Joy St #2
Red Oak, IA 51566

This school has, as of late, gone down the drain. With the loss of 8 teachers and innumerable students transferring to other careers or schools this semester alone, there is an undoubted problem to be found. That problem: student discipline and teacher application of rules. Classes are extremely rowdy and crass, with constant fights and the police making a weekly-or-more visit. Often this disorder is caused by the same clique of students seeking to make life and activities in this school a personal hell for teachers without the nerve to withstand them. The compounding issue relates to lack of necessary punishment to the offending individuals, who often walk free. As a senior I take relief at not having to attend next year's circus and hope that eith the new blood coming next year will bring a new character to this school in crisis.