Lakeland Senior High School

This school is not safe. Read in any paper for details. Some staff seems to have a blind eye. Our daughter went there a few short weeks before we had to put her in another school. Fights and disrespect are rampant. The Harrison students are bullied daily. Look somewhere else, in my opiinion.
—Submitted by a parent

My son does not ave to worry aboutpeople starting fights....
—Submitted by a parent

Education and sports are combined with an excellent teaching staff.
—Submitted by a parent

Two of my children went to this school I was very pleased at the way this school was run

I have two daughters that graduated from Harrison School for the Arts which is connected to Lakeland High School. Harrison students receive their general education classes from Lakeland's teachers and their arts education classes remain separate. Most of the Harrison students are in Honors or AP classes at Lakeland and the teachers are fantastic. Lakeland and Harrison have two completely separate administration, staff and teachers that operate the school. Harrison is a Polk County wide school of and the students must audition as well as maintain a certain GPA and adhere to the guideline of the student's arts discipline. The students of Harrison are very motivated and around 70% of the students are in the National Honors Society. To fin out more about Harrison log on to their website at www.HarrisonArts.com.
—Submitted by a parent

They used to have some good teachers, not many though. The school itself is trashy and old compared to other area schools. I managed to graduate from this school though.

My daughter graduated from LHS in 2007. I am a teacher at another high school in town, but this is our zoned school. My daughter had excellent teachers at LHS and was involved in many school activities. She played in the band for 4 years and was extremely happy at Lakeland! She traveled to many state championship games and other performances representing her high school. She now attends Stetson University an credits LHS for the well rounded education that she received. She took many college prep classes at LHS, including Latin which is offered at very few high schools. Our family is greatful to all the hardworking LHS teachers that made our daughters four year journey at LHS so memorable. Go Naughts!
—Submitted by a parent

i graduated about a year ago and after viewing the other comments I have come to a conclusion. WIth any school there will be pros and cons. It all depends on what you put into it. If your child is more quiet and to thereselves then of course they wont like it but if they are out going and want to learn new things and gain friends then they will have fun. Over the course of the four years I went to LHS I had a great time and as stated with the 4 by 4 schedule it allows to have more elective classes to chose from. When it comes to football of course there will be alot of support. The football team had over half of their players with at least a 3.0
—Submitted by a student

Lakeland Senior High School emphasis is placed on their football team, rather then academics. Its passtime its administrators take a different approach and become progressive. As for safety, this is also another concern as there are fights among the students. Sadly, this is happening, and community resources could play a major part in a school this size enabling a safe, more productive, learning environment.
—Submitted by a parent

this school was really bad . my daughetr didn't feel safe. the teachers paid little to no attention to the kids. my husband attended there years ago and we were lead to believe that the school had improved but it has only gotten worse.
—Submitted by a parent

This school is great. There is lots of school spirit at this school, from the students, to the staff and also the parents. The Band is the greatest!
—Submitted by a parent

I attended LHS and feel it was an excellent education with a good number of AP and college prep classes. I even took Latin! I had a great education and was prepared for college.
—Submitted by a former student

Because this school is on a 4x4 scheduling model, there are a wide variety of classes available to the students. There are many more elective classes available than at schools on a traditional schedule. I feel that the teachers are very caring and knowledgeable in their subject area. This school is very rich in tradition and the community involvement is very good.
—Submitted by a teacher

Quality of programs are very good. Needs more parent involvement. Good selection of extracurricular activities. ROTC program is very good. Harrison Arts Program an excellent asset to the school.
—Submitted by a parent

Lakeland High School-what a joke. If anyone from this school were to go spend a semester at a school up north, one would understand why it is considered a joke. I have never seen a school that revolved 100% around their football team. As long as they are winning, who cares about academics. Also, I have never seen so many teaches, and especially administrators, who care little about a students well being. I think before anyone sends their child here, they need to look into this high school's priorities. They are out of order.
—Submitted by a former student

Lakeland High School is a very school offering a very well rounded curriculum, good safety for students, and plenty of extracurricular activities. Though, like any school, Lakeland High School as a whole has its problems, but, I, as a student, would rather go to LHS than any other high school in this district, because you have more opportunities at this school that any other. For, at LHS, we have a very very good arts department, and excellent technology education.
—Submitted by Ian Schloemer, a student

this is a great school where kids want and choose to learn. they have fun and make very good grades here. they are also a high spirted school that trys their best to make it the best!
—Submitted by jessica haines