Greenbrier High School

5114 Riverwood Parkway

School District

Columbia County
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:19
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on February 14, 2023

TEACHERS: The teachers pick favorites and embarrass the ones they don’t like. they watch bullying and go on, so they can punish the victim. They make inappropriate comments frequently. TEACHING: The teachers barely teach, causing the work to become confusing and leaving you with a low grade making you feel stupid and tired of working at your hardest. Math scores were low due to the fact they couldn’t teach and left out important information for the class. (they even had to have a meeting about it with parents.)ADMIN: The admin is very poor at their job, not sending out emails to parents when something happens and doing nothing when racism goes on. They watch on the security cameras and cherry-pick who they get trouble. SAFETY: Punishment doesn’t go beyond suspension or calling the cops for something major. Someone would do something unforgivable and they would get suspended, not expelled. SPECIAL EDUCATION: Special education is decent at this school with a buddy club to help special needs kids. But most people in the buddy club are only there to bully the special needs kids. BULLYING: A lot of bullying goes on in school because people come from rich families so they always get what they want and make fun of people who don’t have it. Physical bullying goes on and none of the teachers and admin really care. Being slightly different (clothing, hair, looks) from the rest of the crowd will get you bullied. Rumors spread quickly and people will exclude you. COUNSELORS: The counselors barely do anything but talk to you about your grades and stand around. They say they’ll keep quiet when you talk to them about stuff, but everyone ALWAYS just finds out.
Submitted by other on July 18, 2022

Social hierarchy and cliques are a very real issue at this school. Most students are not welcoming in the slightest, and are more likely to talk about you behind your back then to actually invite you somewhere if you're not a cornerstone of their group. If you are, you're getting talked smack about and invited. There's also certain kids that everyone else goes out of their way to turn into the quiet/introverted kid. What makes them do that? Idk, but i hope you're not unlucky enough to walk in some way that makes everyone put you into the introvert/loner box. Not to mention, most kids here are wealthy and they certainly act like it, too, with how they talk about how they got a DUI like it's nothing. At least, that's how students acted when I was here. Sexual harassment was and STILL IS not an abnormal incident to occur on campus, too. Same with drugs and people running away from drug dogs.As for mental health, the campus treats it like it's not a serious thing. The person who was principle during my sophomore year to senior year here at GBH liked to not talk well regarding mental health whenever a student took their own life, to put it lightly. Guidance counselors also don't counsel for jacksquat. They do their job like they're a drugged up mcdonalds employee faking it until they get a paycheck. Also, they are slow at changing classes, if you need to change anything. And other students will cherry pick which student's suicide to care about.Teachers have a habit of picking favorites. They also love to sit around and do nothing, although for some of them it's inevitable because the school forces coaches to teach a class even though they don't know the material or don't want to teach the material. Teachers will say "oh well i need to grade these specific class's papers" but use that same excuse for every other class when anyone asks why they're taking so long to grade papers.In terms of safety, it's good in an objective sense but there's a lot of shooting threats, and gossip spreads fast.
Submitted by parent on May 25, 2022

Don't let the 8/10 fool you. We moved to this school from Maryland. I have 3 children that go to this school. All of them have become introverts and completely unlike themselves. This school only cares about the students whose families have lived in the area for generations. The teachers actually bully the kids that aren't in the cool group. I overheard a teacher make a comment as I was waiting to pick up my kids "it's dead today, all the cool kids stayed home today, only the losers are here". That attitude is felt throughout the school. My son had to write an essay for his senior project that his father and reviewed before he turned it in. We thought it was a solid B. He got a 45%. When we questioned her she said it was late, yet other students had turned their work in even later and got passing grades. There is a systemic issue at this school. It revolves around popularity, influence and the honor classes. If your kids have none of these they will suffer greatly at this school.
Submitted by parent on August 26, 2020

I would not recommend this school to any parent. The punishments are too harsh and over the top. If you say one cuss word, Suspension or 3 days in detention, and don't get me started on the admins. The only way to get on the admins good side is to suck up to them even if you don't agree with them.
Submitted by parent on March 30, 2020

Overall would say this is a poor school when it comes to issues such as racial comments.
Submitted by parent on August 23, 2018

Objectives are clear to students, reasonable homework. Opportunities exist for students to go as far as they academically desire.
Submitted by student on July 21, 2018

One specific admin is quite annoying, she always assumes that you're lying and won't listen to anything else you say, but other than her the rest of the admin are really nice and considerate. Athletics are put above most other things, but it isn't really a big problem. Some teachers rely way too much on online things to do their job for them, but most teachers are very very sweet and hands-on. Pretty much a good school, but if you look at it through a magnifying glass you start to see the problems.
Submitted by parent on November 08, 2017

Terrible administration with no compassion for the students well being. Ineffective guidance counselors that do nothing to help or guide. Inordinant amount of homework on a daily basis, to include weekends. Tests/quizzes are frequently over material not covered. Lack of information and support to the parents as students near college selection time. My son is in his Junior year, and while he is an A student, it has not been an enjoyable 3 years. If I could move, I would because my younger son will start Greenbrier next year and it is heartbreaking to think about another child having to attend this school.
Submitted by student on December 06, 2016

Drugs everywhere, teachers don't care about failing students, basically if you don't kiss up to every teacher you have here you're screwed... admins don't listen to anything students have to say, overall totally political school run by the teachers pets and parents. And teachers who don't care about anything but their paycheck
Submitted by student on March 08, 2016

Preppy girls and private school atmosphere and teachers that see students as only pay checks equals the worst school in history
Submitted by parent on March 19, 2015

Our family has been very frustrated and, quite frankly disappointed, by our experience with GHS. We would be more impressed if the actions of the staff lined up with the assurances coming from their mouths. Unfortunately, that has not been our experience. While several reviews said that the focus is on athletics rather than academics, our feeling is that the athletic department is the only saving grace. As a newcomer, GHS has a very difficult environment to integrate into. Our hope at this point is that our child will use this negative experience to learn and grow.
Submitted by parent on April 03, 2013

I have 4 kids and have experienced public schools and private schools in Augusta. I believe the negative reviews of this school are from those who have relocated here and have not experienced other local schools. Greenbrier does an exceptional job considering the school is soooo over crowded BECAUSE so many people like the area and the schools. Our schools and curriculum are governed by the STATE requirements and our teachers do a phenomenal job of trying to do their jobs, encourage our kids and keep the schools high ranking standards and marks!! If you are relocating to here from a state with better education funding and support, you will not be satisfied with ANY public school in this area. I however LOVE our high school and moved here because of the reputation and have NOT been disappointed! We left Richmond County and Augusta Christian Schools for this community of schools and I have and still have students in the Elementary, Middle and High School!
Submitted by parent on October 16, 2012

As a graduate student and a life time learner, Greenbrier HS has shown me that they dedicated to educating my daughter. She has tons of homework and I can tell from the material she studies every night that this school is serious. Sure there are normal teens at the school and not everyone is there to learn but the educators there are friendly and willing to support parents and students.
Submitted by parent on September 02, 2012

Having served in the military for almost 3 decades, my husband and I were thrilled to get back home and get our children back into the Greenbrier School system. We have seen many schools nationwide, and Greenbrier ranks among the top 2 of over 10 schools which they have attended. Many schools are not perfect as some would hope for, but Greenbrier teachers and staff do a great job at striving to be the best everyday. In my opinion, the sports program, AP offerings, and the wide range of electives are balanced equally with the focus on academics. My only wish is that orchestra was offered in the high school. My daughter loves playing the violin and we must go with a private tutor. Other than that, we love Greenbrier and our teenagers (16 & 15) love Greenbrier!! Keep it up Wolfpack! :)