2586 Alpine Trl
Marietta, GA 30062

One of the worst schools I’ve ever seen as far as the whole child. The focus is on drill and skill and robotic like behaviors are rewarded/demanded. I’ve never seem anything like it. The kids refer to this school as prison. It’s detrimental to learning, and I’m fighting the good fight in an effort to make effective change.

Don't be fooled by the test scores. We've relocated several times and our children have attended five different elementary schools. After a couple of years at Tritt, we can say Tritt is definitely the bottom of the barrel. The students are great but the school goes out of it's way to fight the parents at every turn. Parents are discouraged from visiting the school and participating in their child's education. The facilities are subpar with half the class rooms are in modular buildings with high humidity. The whole place has a depressing feel. The principal avoids interaction with the parents and the teachers are afraid of the principal -- no leadership whatsoever. Any other school in East Cobb is a better option than Tritt. Also be ready to spend serious money on tutoring your child to fill in gaps not covered at school. A new principal and some major renovations are needed to turn this school around. Everyone is afraid to speak up for fear of hurting their real estate values or that their child will get poor treatment but can't wait to get out of this school one way or another.

This school places a ridiculous emphasis on sports. It overwhelms the communications from school, the social media, and public student celebrations and accolades. There is not enough diversity in elective options. The school schedule changed daily, which is incredibly hard to keep track of. Worse, transportation doesn’t flex with the schedule on all days, so kids without a parent available to taxi them around need to sit in the auditorium for an hour waiting for bus service. The school is incredibly crowded, with the hallways stuffed shoulder to shoulder during passing periods.The bathrooms are DISGUSTING. There is an anonymous shminstashram account dedicated to the horrific state of the bathrooms, both in deferred maintenance and in student disrespect. If you can find that account, that is, amid the overwhelming emphasis on the omg sports. I would have NEVER enrolled my kid at Pope had I found those disgusting pictures first.This school’s administration will “uh huh” and “I see” thorough a 504 meeting, acknowledge that some teachers are already providing the supports you’re requesting, and then deny the 504 because the unofficial, sporadical, and inconsistently applied provided supports are juuuuuust enough that your student isn’t failing. Yet.Pope is dismally average, unless you are a high achiever with a tiger mom or an athlete. Woe be the teenager who is just struggling to get through being a dang teenager. One bright shining start in this whole mess has been the counseling department. If your child is struggling and you reach out for help, they WILL move mountains and find resources and loopholes to help you make it though to the other side. It’s just too bad your kid has to scrape the bedrock before they can get attention. Don’t even get me started on the school board!