Monroe High School

Classes are far too large and the student to teacher ratio is out of balance. A good example is the music program where you have one teacher for nearly two hundred children. Extra Curricular activities are phenomenal and well supported.
--Submitted by a parent

The principal does a good job, but the school board isn't the same. My daughter needed to make up credits and they wouldn't let her retake any classes during school hours. We would have to pay ridiculous amounts of money for online classes and summer school. My daughter is now attending Summit Academy in Romulus and has to drive 35 miles out just to get there. It's worth it because the online classes are free, and she can retake as many classes as she wants. She will now be graduating on time. Monroe High School's cafeteria is great compared to summit's and another good thing is the variety of classes.
--Submitted by a parent

Now I'm only a freshman here but I like the school. Only one thing in the school bothers me and that is the food. I like most of it and sometimes it's bad so it's hard to know when to bring lunch or buy. A other thing is that the food costs alot an average meal( entr e, two sides, a milk and a juice) is like $2.50. I think that is too much they should bring it down to $1.50 that would be better.
--Submitted by a student

I currently am a freshman here. I love it. It's a great school.
--Submitted by a student

All 3 of my children have attended MPS. My oldest graduated in 1997 and the school was very good then. My daughter's are now in MHS and I will be pulling them out for the next year. I have seen a steady decline in the quality of education in this school system. I have been to all parent teacher conferences and several school board meetings but have had no satisfactory results. There are some good people working for MPS but they are frustrated with the way things have been run for the last 10 years also. Classes are too large,the textbooks are such poor quality they're useless. Monroe needs to wake up and change the way things are handled for MPS because the children are paying with their quality of education! PS
--Submitted by a parent

Monroe is not a very good school at all. There is not enogh supplies for the students and also not enogh time. 21 minutes for luch....I don't think so. Monroe cannot even reach Michigan requirments becasue there is not enogh time!
--Submitted by a student

I attend this school. There is not a thing wrong with this school.
--Submitted by cody, a student

I currently attend MHS and I love it. Sure it has it's problems but every school does. I have a lot of friends and am gettign a good education. This school has more opportunities than any other school in Monroe county. Anyone can be successful here if they want to be. MHS has excellent extracurricular activities and excellent athletic programs. It is a great school that gets a bad reputation from the media and other people who aren't there to see what goes on everyday. Monroe is a large school that gets brought down by a select few.
--Submitted by a student

My child attends this school, and basically there is no common sense in the entire school district. Their attitude is one of if you can't get the material then tough, I cannot be bothered. They have put a great system in place to help parents monitor grades and attendance, but some of the teachers wont even enter the information.
--Submitted by a parent

The last of our 3 children is currently attending. Though there has been significant decline in recent years, a new principal has been hired from within who has been succcessful in building-up the technical/trades department. Math and English departments are solid. Foreign Lang. dept.(at least French and Spanish-can't attest to German) was very adaptive for my 3 transferring in with foreign lang. experience. The award-winning music department will suffer due to budget cuts/retirement of 2 outstanding teachers. The counseling department leaves much to be desired- with the exception of one phenominal individual.They seem to have a new system each year, and 300-400 students to know/serve per counselor. The sheer size of the school ensures that anybody looking for extra-curricular activity will find something. Most are well lead. X-country and swimming teams are very successful. Overall parent involvement is moderate-seems to be increasing. High involvement in extra-curriculars. State budget cuts have been devastating to all MI schools.
--Submitted by a parent