Lancaster High School

It is awful that a school with such hard working teachers are not being helped by the girls varsity soccer coach. Academics should come first!!!!! Im not sure how his policies are accepted by administration. My daughter was trying out for varsity, not only did weight training and goally proactice with the varsity coach off season to show how dedicated she was, but was denied getting out 15 min early twice a week to take her Kaplan prepcourse that is only 3 weeks long. He didn't even give me a chance to explain the situation, refered me to the ahtletic director which told me thats his policy any girl gets out early, she cant try out for varsity she will have to stay in JV. I then spoke to the Vic principal and she said the same thing. Didn;t even offer to talk to the coach about it. Whey have a Vice principal in athletics if coaches can do what they want. tha is scarry.
--Submitted by a parent

This is a safe school for students. The reviews that state student body has racial tension are (as of the past 4 years) completely false. I am your standard white kid and not once have I felt threatened by my peers. As for students that did experience physical harm their parents might not have the full story on how that came to pass. I give this school a 3 because of truly terrible administration and counselors. When you have an IQ of 138 its annoying to be spoken to as an idiot.
--Submitted by a student

My son got two D's and wanted to retake the classes to actually learn. I met with counselors and they said not to worry, he didn't need those anyway and even said he could just fail the two he was in now and they would put him in two Teacher's Aid classes next semester. I pulled him out that day, he was a Junior. Oh, did I mention he was assaulted by kids at his school off campus just riding a skateboard - they tried to rob him and gave him a concussion and small brain bleed! My daughter was getting poor grades because if she did well she got teased by her "friends". I also pulled her out and moved my family out of AV.
--Submitted by a parent

Unfortunately, it's true that overcrowding is an issue at this school. The school was originally designed for about 2200 students. Portables have been added to accommodate the increase, but while that provides more classroom space the cafeteria, gyms, and quad remain the same. Simply getting lunch becomes a major ordeal. As a result LnHS has gone to a double lunch, but because of the confusing block schedule some classes are split in half. Many students end up with first lunch one day and second lunch the next. Furthermore, the focus on test scores in core subjects has led to a complete lack of vocational classes. This district's focus on college prep leaves no options for the vast majority of students who don't go on to a four-year institution.
--Submitted by a teacher

This is a good school. Good mix of students. Teachers and staff are wonderful. Principal is outstanding. Has had some issues in the past but the environment now is very good. I enjoy the school as well as my student.
--Submitted by a parent

I go to this school and it is a really good school. Yeah there is traffic but there are such things as legs. Yes, they make wonderful gifts. I love the teachers and everything else =].
--Submitted by a student

All three of my children have been students at Lancaster High School. My youngest is currently a junior. Two of my children also attended another more 'prestigious' school within our district during their freshman and sophomore years and they both begged me to transfer them to LnHS. I am so glad that I did! They have told me that the students their are more friendly and I feel that the education they have received is superb. Their robotics team is amazing, as well as their other programs. I have nothing but praise for LnHS.
--Submitted by a parent

Overcrowded, difficult to contact Principal and teachers.S.W.A.T. team, police called to school too many times. Violece and crime is now a daily occurance with no info. to parents . If I wasn't there to see first hand to witness 20 or so SWAT members on the roof, sides of buildings. on front lawn and scaling walls I would not have been told anything about it by school officials.This school needs help!! My kid said she avoided confrontations, kept her mouth shut because this is a mean school to attend (meaning the students are in control)
--Submitted by a parent

Overall a very adequate school. The Principal, administrative staff, teachers, and security staff have all shown to take great interest in their students success. The school is overcrowded which lends itself to certain problems. The streets around the school are inadequate to handle the school congestion in the morning and afternoon.
--Submitted by a parent

This high school has major overcrowding issues. The school has had to double security. Traffic is really bad, thank goodness my kid walks. They do have an excellent AP program, AVID (to get kids college bound), CAMP (art prog.), ROTC & sports. The teachers really do the best they can under the circumstances. They also have LINK, a wonderful mentoring program for incoming freshmen, new students, & international transfers, run by the 11th/12th grades. If your child is self-sufficient, confident, intelligent, and can stay out of trouble, they will grow and do very well. If your child has half these qualities, they will be just fine.
--Submitted by a parent