Epping High School

Rogue Superintendent & School board treats parents like the bottom of the barrel. Conditioning students to live in a state of fear and prioritizing national, political agendas over local needs and wants of residents

Although we do not like the Competency Based Grading system for our own children, we have seen it’s successes with other families. Overall, the staff here encourage learning and support their students.

I was lucky and was not apart of competency based grading until my senior year. However, I would say that it is not hard to excel at this school. The classes are fairly easy to pass with minimal studying. There are no midterms or final exams. If I had not taken an AP class as well as a running-start class I don't believe I would be prepared for college. However, these classes are not obligatory. I should not have to take more advanced classes in order to feel ready for college, the normal courses should be rigorous enough to do this. Even though the academic part of this school was horrifying, the teachers themselves were overall very good. Most of them were very nice people and wanted their students to succeed. I believe that the reason the courses aren't more rigorous is due to the school not demanding it. The teachers are capable of creating challenging courses that prepare students for college; however there is not a demand. The atmosphere is great between the teachers and students. The issue is the administration. They fail to demand a more challenging school environment and they fail to listen to the community. The superintendent Valerie McKinney is only looking to further her political career rather than enrich the lives of students. I believe that many of the teachers would preform much better if she left the district. Epping is a mess and I am very happy that I graduated before it went further downhill.

The principal is deplorable, and the fish stinks from the head on down!!!

Terrible. Free speech is a constitutional right and we all need to learn that it is ok to have opinions even if we may disagree with them. This a key trait children near to learn and your school is discouraging that which is concerning and disheartening.