Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School

This is the worst school I ever sent my children to I moved to the area for this school dont fool your self by the rating. From the top of the chain on down the staff have no intrest in helping at all they are there only for a pay check.Ask around before you put your kids in this school.I give them1 star
--Submitted by a parent

I have been nothing but disappointed by this very very overrated high school. Lazy and uncaring teachers and very rude and disrespectful staff is abundant. The students are loaded up with homework and given difficult tests that have nothing to do with the homework. The teachers chat about their personal problems and social life rather than teach. Thank God my daughter is bright and a good student because if she weren't she would be failing.
--Submitted by a parent

MSD is a great learning environment for our son. Teachers help before and after school for those who need extra attention, there are many clubs, and the AP classes are harder than UF (we have compared.) If you get an A here - you have truly earned it! Other schools we have experienced give out an A like it is expected. Too bad it can hurt a GPA, though, because it is so tough. Some extra/partial credit in some math classes would be prudent. The admin is very helpful when needed, and to talk about colleges.
--Submitted by a parent

TERRIBLE TERRIBLE TERRIBLE 2 THUMBS AND FEET DOWN i went there i moved here from new york and the kids are just like the teachers and adminstrater all they do is smoke pot and talk about it its a zombie zone and there all stuck up they think they have money their parents are in debt up to their eyeballs no education teachers are useless and i transferred out to coral glades il never walk on that campus definitely an F rated school
--Submitted by a student

Have you noticed that the good reviews are students - current and alums - but parents seem to have a very different opinion. My child is a very smart person but got sidetracked at MSD and so had to transfer to homeschool. Smart students are not encouraged to excel unless they fall into AP/gifted group. MSD dropped from A to B grade this year and if they have any hope of getting back to an A grade, they need to figure out a way not to let peer pressure cause a smart student to fail, and instead find ways to encourage them. Parents do not see how personality changes when they get to school around their peers. My child has gone from a C/D student to a straight A student in homeschool. In addition, teachers in Parkland tend to assume that because a student is not Asian or Caucasian, they cannot perform at a higher level. MSD will continue to fail and our Parkland schools which we are so proud of need to recognize that we belong to a global community. Parent involvement is an important factor that separates bad schools from good/great school. MSD has great parent involvement within a certain clique/group. Hope this does not mean special treatment for their children.
--Submitted by a parent

About 1/2 the teachers are B+ or better....the other half are typical...school boasts about being great. ha their counselors are terrible...bullying goes on and they "high light the students that complain which puts them at risk, and they bus in kids from F schools and put them all in the same class where they take over! 3 years straight we have had 2 teachers not use the tools the others do,...example. we had to device if student could move ahead with advanced math and yet the teacher had not posted a grade from September to March. tyhey are not even allowed to do homework in Detention, how stupid
--Submitted by a parent

I have never seen a school that discourage more the study like this school. Teachers confuse strictness and challenge with inconsistent, subjectiveness. Students live in a endless terror and stress waiting for the next unpredictable, subjective response or request of the teachers.
--Submitted by a parent

This high school is a joke. Many people who have only lived in Florida love the school, because they don't know what they're missing. I have lived in 8 states and know what real school is. The courses were far below where children should be. I guess if you just want your child to go to school inside the state of Florida, going to this school with incompetent councilors will probably be just fine, but it really does anything but prepare for college. The social atmosphere is non-existent. My daughter said she never saw the principal once. I have lived in 16 school districts and NEVER have I been this unimpressed. If I could give 0 stars, I would, I'm just trying to help you before making the big mistake of sending your child here.
--Submitted by a parent

I have heard this school called "The Mini College" and now I know why. Now that my son has graduated, I can say without fear of retaliation, that most of the teachers are lazy. The kids pretty much teach themselves just like in college. I have only come across a few really exceptional teachers in the four years of attendance. One of the exceptional teachers was from the ESE department.
--Submitted by a parent

MSD is a great school. The teachers try their hardest to teach us. It is not true that if you are not an AP student, they don't want you there. I am not an AP student and the teachers still try to motivate me to do my best. One of my favorite things about MSD is the variety of classes. I have taken Drama, Creative Writing, Guitar. There's Forensics, Psychology, and many other great classes. Unfortunately they have cut Creative Writing, Forensics, and German. And they nearly cut Photography. Other than that. I love MSD.
--Submitted by a student