1977 Stafford Pl #0
Marietta, GA 30062

This school sucks for multiple reasons and it only has 3 stars which is terrible school society i do not recommend this school for future students in the future.

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!

Timber Ridge is an amazing school academically where your kid will learn a lot. The school has a small amount of kids enrolled so it’s very tight knit. The principal seemed to know every student. Now the biggest issue there, which is a huge one if you a a minority, is that the diversity is zero. The parents were very unwelcoming and though I participated a lot at the school and even joined the PTA, I never felt included or accepted. Apparently my daughter felt the same way which is why we were only there for one year. My daughter described being treated differently because she did not know how to use words like prejudice or bias. If you are a minority and looking for a place to thrive this is not it. You will feel shunned by the parents, administration will call you about the smallest things to find a way to label your child, and your child will come home feeling bad and unworthy. Academically my child excelled but it was not worth her diminishing self esteem. They need to do better with inclusivity and making others feel welcomed, because we did not. Her teacher was awesome though.