Tehachapi High School has undergone a tremendous turn around with the hiring of the current principal, Cary Johnson. In just two years he has lead the school to the state's highest distinction - a California Distinguished School. He has a clear vision for student achievement and teacher accountability.
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Posted by a teacher on 07/11/09
I'm just at my first year at this high school, and so far it is very very hard to keep up on all of the work, there really is no point in homework, we go to school for 6 hours a day and they make us go home and do 2-3 hours of homework. Going home is our break from school. The teachers don't care about
... Read more you, it is about their pay check I think. The rules there are ridiculous. Some teachers seem to care but its all politics. I'm a very intelligent student and going to this school it makes it look otherwise. I really wouldn't recommend this school. Read less
Posted by a student on 12/18/08
Tehachapi High School is really the best school I think I could be at right now. The teachers listen, and I believe myself to be friends with a few. There is a fair amount of courses to choose from. The best part is the school spirit, because we are the only highschool in town. Football is major thing,
... Read more we just won CIF for the second year in a row. The only downside to that is if you play a sport during football season, all the attention and most of the funding goes to them. That aside, I couldn't be happier at Tehachapi High and am anxiously awaiting the day I can graduate and throw the skills I have learned here into a world outside of High School. Read less
Posted by a student on 12/17/08
This school is horrible. The teachers seem to care for no else but themselves. When i had left this school I got WAY better grades. To make it easy i say you choose a school like Lone Hill anything but this school.
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Posted by a student on 05/19/08
This school is horrible some teachers care but others have no motavation for their students.If you have a choice do not come to this school its horrible. Their is no motavation to do better in life but just to get through
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Posted by a student on 02/21/08
Some teachers are good, but most are there for the paycheck and check out as soon as allowed by their contract. They don't care if the kids learn as long as they can just push them on to some one else. The school board constantly turns over and is pretty much run by the TAT teachers union.
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Posted by a parent on 12/09/07
Teachers are disheartened, the administration turns over constantly, the support staff is overworked to the point of exhaustion. If you can choose, do not enroll your children there!
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Posted by a parent on 04/05/07
Since the new influx of administrators these kids and the teachers alike have been put on the back burner. This school by the stats is well funded but the kids actually have to pay to ride the damn bus! The sports programs do get most of the funding but only becuase they are the ones who bring in alot
... Read more of revinue for the school. The teachers here are definitly sub-par. Many deal with the kids as problems and if it doesn't affect them then they don't care at all. Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that all the teachers are bad but at least 90 percent of them are just there for a paycheck. Most of the teachers here have been teachers for more than 10 years only because you really need someone to screw up after there 10 year has been reached to fire them. Read less
Posted by a parent on 07/28/06
Academics have paid a price for cutting costs; Teachers care for students, but students feel unrepresented by administrators. School board is out-of-touch and out-for-themselves, cutting kids' programs in exchange for their own benefits. Limited art and music classes. (But what they have is great.)
... Read more Lots of extracurricular, if you can find teacher-mentors and **funding** from school board (difficult to do). Lots of funding issues--bus costs, sub costs, etc... puts kids' needs on backburner. Sports (while they are good) get all funding, others get funding cuts. Kids get overall good education to the credit of caring teachers. Great math and science programs. Some say this new principal (how many have we had now? I lost count!) might make some good changes for kids--they say he isn't in the back pocket of the board or superintendent. Parents uninvolved--20% do 80% of the work. Entire district needs accountability. New campus inappropriate for weather conditions. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/23/06
On the plus side it is a new campus with an experienced staff and wonderful kids. Strong ASB. Lots of extracurricular activities available. On the down side the administration is new and inexperienced. The campus has no halls (cold winds in the winter). The move from the old campus is not yet complete
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Tehachapi schools — Tehachapi High School is located at 801 S Dennison Rd, Tehachapi CA 93561. 801 S Dennison Rd is in the 93561 ZIP code in Tehachapi, CA The school district for Tehachapi High School is the Tehachapi Unified School District. Tehachapi High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 9 - 12.
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