Herron High School

The administration at Herron High School is extremely bureaucratic and inefficient. It is not student centered. They give almost every student and parent the round about when they have a question, concern, or need. They are not innovative; and they are close minded towards change and new ideas. They rarely ask for  parent or student input. There is no student buy-in at Herron High School. Students are not valued as individuals. The school was ranked 27th by Newsweek as one of the nation's best high schools because of the number of students enrolled in AP. Well, that's part of the problem. Half of the senior class of 2011 is enrolled in AP Lit and Comp. Only of a third of those students actually have the ability to perform at the rate necessary to receive at least a passing score on the AP test. This is why all of the AP classes are taught to a test. The goal is no longer to teach information or help young people grow as individuals. This is neither acceptable, nor is it a proper assessment of the progress (or lack there of) at Herron High School. Its all about test scores, and that is not real learning. No one should ever send their daughter or son to Herron High School or give money to this institution.