Northern High School

I would not send your child here.

This school (and honestly most of the district) has a terrible reputation for students mainstreamed in general education or advanced classes who need an IEP or 504 plan. They will not or do not know how to follow a plan. Administration will actually lie about what they are doing to help. They are super proud of their test scores, and I swear some people care because it helps with home value, not because it means the kids are learning. Their specialists don't have adequate time or training to consistently implement or help teachers implement even the simplest accommodations. Some of the staff is wonderful and very caring but, if they can't implement accommodations, it WILL do emotional damage to your child. It isn't that there are not nice caring teachers there, my child has had some excellent instructors, it is a district culture issue. If you move here, hire an advocate before your first meeting!

Gets a good score here from state testing. The teachers and counselors are not concerned about student success in regular classes. Communication with parents is limited to generic emails. Emails to individual teachers will go unanswered. And very obvious favoritism is shown to certain groups.

Academic Programs are great. Nevertheless, the environment is set for only white Americans and not multiracial children coming from another state. The teenagers aren't thought to respect their colleagues o their teachers.

This school’s FBLA is terrible. It’s a clique full of smaller cliques, bad leadership. They force you to make the club you’re whole life and look down on you if you don’t meet their high standards. It felt more like a job than a club.