McDonough High School

This has to be one of the most unsafe schools in America. Students bring guns, drugs, etc. Teachers are barely teaching. Packets of work are handed out. Administrators are not concerned with child safety or academic growth. Worst mistake my family ever made. We move back North in 6 months.

This school is very violent, lots of fights. There have been guns seen in the build plenty of times, a gun even went off last year. I don't recommend this school to anyone!

This school is one of the worst schools I've ever been to. There is no source of stability in the school. Students are allowed to do anything, overpopulated, and no authority in place.

I really miss going to school there and I miss my teachers so because they really were and still is a big impact in my life

I have a son attending HCHS now with a recent graduate and another up and coming child to attend. Personally I love the school. Many give HCHS a bad rep because it is a predominately black school and the oldest, in McDonough but to be honest, the majority of the other schools have much more going on in discipline problems. Educational wise, you get out of it what you put into it just like any other school; especially now with the Academy attached to it. Your child needs to own up to their shortcomings and the parents as well. We parents need to know whats going on in our kids lives, educational setting, etc. There are too many sporting events that I have attended that always have the same supportive parents; as with band and choral concerts, etc. Your children need your support, need to know you are going to be there to be their advocate. Being an advocate means to publically support them, back them up when they are right, and just to be a good example for them to follow. The school itself needs you to be an advocate. Being the oldest and now largest school in McDonough or Henry County, HCHS is still in need of a few repairs. The new stadium bleachers are great but the field and track are in need of some work. We as parents need to join the Parent Council and any other advisory boards to get the work done and to get the proper equipment our kids need to be successful. HCHS can be a beast in sports, academic bowls, and other extra-curricular activities if we can all work together and get it done. Two or three parents will have a "voice" but it will take two or three hundred to be heard. One prime example is the NJROTC Orienteering Team. Sr Chief Moss came into the program with 3 or 4 students and knew nothing about the sport. Now he is one of the most respected orienteering coaches in our Area 12 region and in the country since our HCHS NJROTC Orienteering team National Champions for the second straight year. With A team of 40 or so cadets, without awesome parental support there is no way he could do it. That is a PRIME example of what supportive parents can do. As I said before, HCHS is a great school and what you put into it is definitely what you will get out of it!! Forget the naysayers, they don't know about us!!