James Caldwell High School

Wonderful environment/school, kind staff and students. Everyone is very welcoming and I understanding.

the only reason i give this school any stars is because of the teachers and the friendships. as a current student with ADHD and anxiety, this school heavily leaves behind disabled kids. that happens everywhere unfortunately, but it’s really bad here, and just because it happens in other places doesn’t mean it’s okay. other schools have it more figured out. there’s no excuses. the upper ranks such as principals and the guidance office (and even one of the social workers!) don’t really attempt at all to see things from disabled children’s sides and resort to punishment and consequences (such as tanking your grades or more serious things like detentions, removal or ineligibility from sports, or even ISS and suspensions) instead of offering any real help. the way they throw around the word “accommodations”, if i am being completely honest, disgusts me sometimes. it is often treated as almost an “if we give you ALL these ACCOMMODATIONS and you STILL can’t perform well then that’s on you” type situation and just makes disabled students feel like nuisances. for a lot of disabled students with 504s and IEPs, their accommodations are not enough. they aren’t working. and i don’t appreciate that they make you feel that you should be nothing but grateful for the bare minimum fair treatment they give you (which, based on the things said earlier, is not really all that fair anyway). i am also a low income student and can say that there’s also huge issues with the way these situations are handled. i grew up in a very complex situation. i wasn’t homeless, but we didn’t have a home of our own, and i had zero private space. this along with the traumas of living there at all AND having ADHD made it incredibly hard for me to complete work, and while teachers and the bridge counselor showed support and in some cases understanding, i still fell behind when what i needed was help. it only got worse during the COVID-19 pandemic when i wasn’t in school. again, the upper ranks offered little to no understanding of my situation, and one of the principals at the time (no longer there) continuously called my special permission to keep my camera off in my traumatic and quite honestly humiliating space a “privilege” that could be taken away if a teacher marked me as a skip because i was having trouble connecting. tl;dr, the teachers are mostly amazing and the bridge counselor is fantastic (albeit VERY busy), but the higher ups don’t care if the students are disabled or poor.

I watched my nephew's and niece go through JCHS and they all did well with no complaints. They have all went onto (or will be attending) college and continued to have a good work ethic. We have attended all different sorts of events from School plays, Holiday concerts, Football and Baseball and have always been impressed.

The first year at this school - a great start to high school! Wonderful ESL classes! I love my school!!!

I am a Senior graduating this year, and I must say that James Caldwell provides a solid education from top to bottom. Certainly comparable to any private school in the area in terms of academics. Sure there are some not so great teachers, but they are in the clear minority. And I would go as far as to say that all of the teachers look out for the kids- I have never had a "disinterested" teacher. The administration effectively runs most aspects of the school, although enforcement of things like the dress code, etc could be better. Like I said- teachers are always looking to help you- they aren't out to get the students. The guidance department has been shaken up over the four years I have been here, and there is room for improvement, but I have never had any real issue- all of my college stuff was taken care of in a timely manner. And although sports (mainly football) are considered "important," the athletics program is not overwhelming, and to be honest, even the teachers who double as coaches get pretty pissed when students either miss class or claim that sports got in the way of school work.