Oregon High School

456 North Perry Parkway

School District

Oregon
Grade

9-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:14
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by teacher on April 15, 2022

Teacher's perspective.PROS- Excellent course offerings. There's something for everyone.- Outstanding level of clubs and extracurriculars available.- Many sports programs are very strong and a high % of students participate.- I'm biased, but I think most of the staff is very good. There's a couple teachers that are world-class (everyone knows who they are). There's always a few outliers, of course, but most of the teachers are knowledgeable, talented, student-oriented, dedicated, and care about their job and relationships with kids.- Customer-service oriented. School will do anything to appease parents and students.- We have great students. They're generally very well-behaved and respectful, especially compared to other schools in Dane County.- Parents and community are extremely supportive. They voted to pass a referendum (and raise their taxes) to increase staff salaries because of district budget failures. I don't think that would happen in many areas.CONS- Sports tends to be valued more than academics (principal comes from a sports background). Students regularly miss class for sports competitions. When students have failing grades, teachers are pressured to raise them to keep them eligible for sports participation.- School is extremely liberal and intolerant of any political opinions outside that realm.- Consistent issues with bullying/harassment.- Advisory program has been very ineffective. They usually either purchase canned curriculum that feels inauthentic, or have lesson plans created by people who don't even teach. The kids hate it.- Grading policies (unlimited test retakes, unlimited late work submission, no scores below 50%) have been very detrimental to students' organization and responsibility and has led to massive grade inflation.- Although the school has tried to emphasize equity, no improvement has been made and our minority students perform consistently worse than our white students. They often voice feeling uncomfortable and unsafe at school.- School response to the pandemic has left a not-insignificant portion of the community upset.- District budget is a disaster and bodes poorly for the future. We spend disproportionately more on administration and instructional coaches than other districts. Many teachers feel contempt towards these positions for having lower impact yet higher pay than the teachers in the classrooms doing the hard work.- Cell phone use is out of control due to weak district policy.
Submitted by student on November 12, 2021

Great teachers, terrible administrators. I hope it gets better.
Submitted by student on July 25, 2017

9 out of 10It is a safe enviroment, and i enjoy going to ohs to learn.
Submitted by student on January 10, 2017

Bullying is tolerated here, i'm a sophomore and i've had multiple bullying incidents and the school has done nothing about it. Not only that, but they use all their money towards sports instead up upgrading classrooms.
Submitted by parent on August 10, 2013

Nice suburban high school. Offers many different class choices. Dedicated staff and a new principal this past year make a lot of difference. This school provides for excellent opportunities like AP classes for more advanced students. Not every school does. Also, there are extracurricular activities for all types of kids not just athletes. Full range of athletics and many well run youth programs to feed into the high school - particularly soccer and basketball.