5517 Crystal Ct
McKinney, TX 75070

GO is an exemplary school and I’m shocked to see other reviews that state otherwise, especially in regards to the leadership. Having come from another school in McKinney but in Prosper ISD I was floored by how much more supportive, inclusive, challenging and engaged GO was in comparison. Frankly, we didn’t know what were missing. Let’s be real, this is elementary school. Not a time for kids to be worried about “getting A’s” but a time for learning how to learn, how to be kind, how to be a leader in an environment that values the kids worth as a person above their scores. Which, they do receive very concrete scores outside of the 1-4 system. The parents and students are given the child’s MAP scores to show how they are performing in relation to their grade at school, grade at state level and at national level. One of my kids tracks her progress using this model so she can set goals for the next quarter. Way more informative than a letter grade. I’ve known many people who have moved houses just to go to this school. The parents are involved, the PTA is award-winning, majority of the teachers are excellent and I would go to the mats for this principal.

I’ve been very underwhelmed with this high school. I have 2 children attending there and the way they waste their financial resources aka our tax dollars is unbelievable! There are 6! Yes, 6 principals and tons of other useless and unnecessary staff that make way too much money and take those dollars from the students and their education. I can’t even begin to fathom how a school of only 2800 students needs that many principals and administrators!! What do they do all day?! Also, instead of putting a bigger emphasis on the terrible behavior of some of these students, they micromanage dumb things like hats. They need to be more concerned with the rampant drug use, the vaping and the utter disrespect these students have for their teachers and staff. Also, anywhere in MISD if you’re in a bathroom where someone is vaping, EVERYONE in that bathroom will be forced to go to DAEP, not just the kid(s) who were vaping!! My kids are terrified to even use the restrooms at school because of this. The main principal ONLY focuses on and praises the football team which is atrociously bad, instead of focusing on the other sports that are actually excelling. I hate this school district and I’d recommend RUNNING away from it as fast as you can.

my issues are the school is too brights the football uniforms make my pads look too big also the cafitaria hot lunchn line smells like burnt hamburger pizza rolls