Potomac High School

I must say that I haven t heard many quality comments about Potomac High from parents or students on this site or otherwise. However the comments are very limited, there are only 14 posts from 2008- 2004. This is my son first year at the school and he is coming from an awful PG county school, Suitland High. I m happy that he is out of there and can only encourage him to do better, try harder, be thankful for a fresh start, and stay prayed up and faithful that he will be paired with teachers and students that share his spirit and have his educational needs at heart. What I have found to be true is that it s extremely hard to support your child in a school system that doesn t return your calls or emails or simply isn t available. We need to support each other and this website is a great avenue to do so! Make sure that you and your child use it! Report all things that are going on at Potomac. These are our children s last years of public school let s see them cross that stage. Maybe the school board will hear our collective voices.
--Submitted by a parent

I personally enjoyed my tenure at Potomac High School. Prince George's County Schools aren't the best, and certainly are not the worst public school in the district. I graduated in 2007, and as i walked that stage I felt prepared to continue with my life. Well I attended Potomac I can honestly say it's what you make of it. I got tired of coming to school looking at my fellow peers quick to call there parents when they felt as if they were treated wrong. Mommy and daddy, and sometimes grand-parents will not always be there. School and like life....'it's what you make of it.' So parents please remember that it starts at home.
--Submitted by a student

My grandson attends this school and what I hear regarding the student-teacher relationship is at a bottom level. The Security Staff handles and talks to the young adults as if they were in jail vs school. I'm not sure all of the teacher staff members can really handle the stressful problems that arise in class. Principal -who is that - is she at the school?
--Submitted by a parent

We all want to think that our children are getting the best education possible and we must take responbility for there actions. But as a parent of a child who attends Potomac HS I think the school has it's advantages and disadvantage like any other place. The teachers and staff rarely return calls and the children are talked to at times like prejudge criminals on the street. (This I have witnessed several times due to me popping up at the school for different reason). The principal is hardly available due to her being absent and the administrative staff only offers there full support in the presence of the parents to present the imagine of full support of the students and there education. Above all I think the school should be secretly evaluated by the School Board to see how the the students and teachers really enter act with each other.
--Submitted by a parent

This school has done its best in activating the children's minds. However, i still think it can do better in all areas. All schools have their share of bad students and inexperienced teachers, but if you want an education then you'll get it.
--Submitted by a parent

I have two twin daughters that attend Potomac high school and I have to disagree with everyone. I think Potomac is a good school that needs some help just like every other school in Prince Geroges County. Of course you have your bad students and those few teachers that don't care but if I can say anything the staff is there waiting for us to push our children. We can't expect the teachers to do everything and we don't do our part. When we become responsible for our actions then maybe the students will become better students and maybe the teachers will show more affection. Maria Spinner
--Submitted by Maria Spinner, a parent

I am a prouudt of Potomac and I know the teachers have done a wonderful job in educating those students that Want to learn. Potomac is one of PG's finest school and I would recomend it to any one.
--Submitted by a former student

Many people complain about the quality of Potomac but I attended here and teachers are only doing what that can with what they have. There sports seem to be the only thing good for the school and security seems to have trouble maintaining control over the students. The teachers shouldn't be blamed for the lack of quality in the school but the students should be accountable for their own actions. The guidance department is one area that needs severe improvement.
--Submitted by a former student

This school is horrible. Each year, children are not in the rightful classes. Then it is not determined until the end of sememster. The systems are always down, counselors don't return phone calls or know any relvant information pretaining to the students. I have never seen such incumbetent administration.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is one of the worst schools by far. The teacher's don't care, some of the students don't care and the prinicipal is not right herself. You have more kids roaming the halls then in the classrooms. I think uniforms is a most and should implemented ASAP. Because there are no Charter Schools in P.G. County, parents should have a choice as to where their child should go, if they think the neighborhood school is not right for their child.
--Submitted by a parent