Williamstown High School

Both my children graduated from Williamstown High School and We had a great experience with the school and the teachers.
--Submitted by a parent

All I kept hearing was how different the high school was from the middle school. How it was going to be a different experience this time. My son was a freshman this year and quite frankly, it was a worse experience than the middle school. My son was accused of not handing in homework, which he did and he got a "0". Well she miraculously found the homework in a pile. That was in the beginning of the year and it only went downhill. He was failing a subject and I was never notified. I was told that I need to check powerschool to see his grades. When I asked if powerschool negates the teacher responsibility for teachers to notify parents of students progress, I got no response. I emailed the principal and when he never responded, I emailed him back & he said he didn't realize I wanted a response and had an attitude with me. The teachers have attitudes toward you as a parent when you question them. Forget a teacher getting back to you, that's a joke, just like this school. It's a nightmare and I have 3 more years left with him and a daughter yet to go there. I wouldn't recommend this school to anyone.
--Submitted by a parent

As a concerned parent of a senior at WHS I can tell you that all students are not treated the same at this school. The ethnicity of the student plays a huge role in the outcome of the problem situation;whether its academic or discplinary in nature. So thank you! Mrs.English teacher ,Mr.Dept head, Mr Principal and Mr.Administration for continuing the traditon of holding our students back.
--Submitted by a parent

Aweful school! If I could get my kids out of there I would in a second! The kids get harshly disiplined for the dumbest things. Cant wait until my kids graduate and are out of there for good.
--Submitted by a parent

Think twice before sending your child to this school. Administration has a terrible attitude. Beware, your A student could become a C student in a semester. The good teachers are really good and the bad ones are really bad! beware
--Submitted by a parent

Both my sons go to WHS and although they like it, Its very tough to deal with the god complexes that most of the Cp teachers have..The teachers seem more concerned with there benny's and pay than there level of teaching.. I mean It must be tough to work a 7hr day average 9.5 months out of the year....
--Submitted by a parent

Williamstown High School was a great school to go to at one time. Notice I said one time. This school has dropped academic requirements to remain on sports teams. The excuse? They would rather see a child come to school and play for their football team which is one of the best in all of NJ,than to quit school all together. I say let them quit. Some of the teachers are bigger bullies than the students and my child is reminded on a daily basis that the teachers do not have a contract. One teacher went as far as to say that they would get a better education if the teachers had a contract. These teachers claim to be in this for the students but are now refusing to chaparone the prom. I could go on. My son is an A-B students in honors class and wants to quit!
--Submitted by a parent

This school is the worst starting with administration and the teachers. Their only focus is state testing and their contracts. Students are not learning properly because the teachers are only there to collect a pay check. Many of them have said that throughout the years my child has been in this district. Administration and teachers get upset when parents contact them with concenrs about their childs progress. If a child has ADHD forget it, they are not willing to help them remember things they need to do. You can not expect a child with that condition to be 100% responsible and the teachers should be more sensative to their needs and be willing to help their students a little bit more. Also the discipline is outrageous. They would rather give a child a 3-7 and have them miss class time so they get so far behind they cant catch up.
--Submitted by a parent

The school is great although some of the other reviews make me angry; the dicipline is strict but fair and it is easy to avoid getting in trouble I've gone 4 years without even a trip to the VP office, some of the reviews are saying teachers arnt dedicated or are even racist but these simply arnt true, these are just scapegoats for their childrens failure due to not working hard enough; the school is very large (about 2000 students) but very hard to get lost in, we have a new prinipal this year in Mr. Deal who is just as great as Mr. Stumpo was, the honors programs are great, compleate with academys for people wanting to learn specific fields such as buisness or engineering, another great thing would be the cultural diversity and beautiful building, I would reccomend to almost
--Submitted by a student

Do not send your child here if you are looking for a first class education. They talk a good game but, the SAT scores tell the truth.
--Submitted by a parent