This school is terrible. I have had little to no positive experiences with its faculty, students, and structure. It is a school comprised of failure and false hope.
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Posted by a student on 04/07/09
I love DeSoto High School. I give it 5 stars!!!!!
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Posted by a parent on 03/24/08
The problem with this school is the people that spend countless hours complaining about whats wrong and doing little to nothing to fix the problems. I graduated from DeSoto in 2006, got a full ride to college, and now I'm more prepared than most of my peers. The education is still very strong at DeSoto,
... Read more the facilities are top notch, and there are still very good teachers left. SO stop talking about the way that things used to be, and start being active in making the school what it can be...Join Big Brother.Big Sister and start mentoring the students, visit the programs and ball games, go hear the award winning band in concert. Then you will have the oppurtunity to create the change that you appear to want so desperately. In the interim, I will always and forever sing, 'DeSoto, DeSoto, you're a grand ole school...' And I mean it! Soar! Read less
Posted by a student on 02/25/08
I agree totally with you. My son graduated in 2001 and that's when the school started going down. So many move into this district with their old ways and corrupt the school and area. There are fights all the time there. It is truly sad because I remember how it was.
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Posted by a parent on 02/19/08
First of all I believe that success of any kind starts at home, and then there must be a strong since of cummunity ie church, youth centers, parks all these play an important roll in child development. And Desoto with all its wealth and diversity, falls far short in social services. One more note, I
... Read more beleive the nine million dollars that went to improve the stadium would have been best served through some of the other program I mentioned. Read less
Posted by a parent on 02/19/08
The quality of the teaching in this school district is horrible. There are too many kids and not enough control inside/outside the classroom. My feeling is they need to build another high school and stop cheating the students out of a proper education, same as is offered in most school district of this
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Posted by a parent on 01/25/08
Watching the fall of DeSoto Independent School District has been sad. Ten years ago this was an excellent school district.
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Posted by a other on 01/11/08
I do not know where you got your stats, however, in my grandchild's English class there were a total of 41 students. I placed calls to the counselor and attendance vice principal and never received a returned call regarding the messages left. When I was registering my grandson, I did not receive the
... Read more cooperation I needed from the staff, in fact they made it harder for us even though I have paid school taxes since 1997. Read less
Posted by a parent on 01/03/07
principals do not hold students accountable. Very sad. Absolutely no leadership and they leave the teachers out to defend for themselves. Such a shame that this school district has such a high turnover rate. It is because the principles do not take the time to get to know the new teachers. They
... Read more would rather make comments such as 'We do not learn the names of new teachers. We wait until they have been here a couple of years, because we never know when they might leave'. Read less
Posted by a former student on 11/08/04
In my opinion, the teachers want more from their students, and if the students do not try, they are prone to fail. I think De Soto High School does an excellent job.
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Desoto schools — Desoto High School is located at 600 Eagle Dr, Desoto TX 75115. 600 Eagle Dr is in the 75115 ZIP code in Desoto, TX The school district for Desoto High School is the Desoto Independent School District. Desoto High School is a Public school that serves grade levels 10 - 12.
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