North Pitt High School

Before I begin, let me say there are some great students and the teachers really care. That being said, some of the students at this school are completely out of control. I have taught at other schools and never seen the level of disrespect and reckless abandon as I have at this school. Reprimands, ISS, and suspensions do not matter. Many times the students who are there to learn are deprived due to the fact that so much time is spent trying to control the ones who are only there because the law says they have to be. Pitt County needs an alternative school, right now there is no real punishment for out of control behavior. They suspend them, and they come right back to do it again.NP is under the eye of Raleigh as a failing school. The problem is the school is spending so much time focusing on the minutiae of dress codes and new technology that the real problems go unaddressed. Stop worrying about a student who has an AE emblem on their polo shirt and start fixing the behavioral problems. Until the major troublemakers are removed to a setting where their behavior can be a focus along with education, then they will continue to bring the others down.
--Submitted by a teacher

Extremely dangerous school. Previous princepal left because he was worried for his safety. Classrooms are out of control with students screaming like wild animals. My child recorded the classroom so I could hear it for myself. This is my childs first and LAST year wirth this schiool. we are in the process if moving so our child will get an education and hooefullty wont get jumped.
--Submitted by a parent

North Pitt Is Awesome!!! All of the teachers I've had our easy to get along with and I will miss greatly when I graduate in a year.
--Submitted by a student

North pitt is wack. i like some of the teachers but alot of them just dont care. and most students are the same way, unmotivated, lazy, or they have already dropped out. i just cannt wait to get out. i wouldnt mind it so bad here if people had more manners!!! But i wouldnt recommend it to anyone.
--Submitted by a student

North Pitt High School is a school that does not care about its students, nor staff. The school administration only thinks about how to keep students out of the classroom and suspended. Instead of trying to understand the reason children do things, and help children with their problems, they rather suspend the child and let the child miss days of school. Also, north pitt high school does not listen to what children have to say nor their feelings about things that goes on in the school. Im so glad I'm out of NPHS and away from the schools administration. Administrators that do not know how to run a public school, Marty Baker, and Maurice Harris!

I am a student at northpitt. I love it there, all the teachers and students make yu feel like yur part of a big family. I was a little nervous about joining a new school but they made me feel right at home!
--Submitted by a student

north pitt is very not organized or very good at teaching or understanding the child
--Submitted by a parent

My family and I just moved her from Athens Georgia and my daughter goes to North Pitt and I couldn't be happier. The teachers are fantastic and the coursework is hard. She came from an extremely large school (1800 students) that had all the bells and whistles (computers in classrooms etc) but that means nothing in my opinion if the teachers are not supported and the kids don't want to learn. Like I said, couldn't be happier at North Pitt. The area of improvement in my opinion would need to be parental involvement.
--Submitted by a parent

This is a school that cares about its students. We work hard to close the achievement gap that our students come to high school with. Look scores from our feeder schools and then our scores...we bring the students scores up and it shows.
--Submitted by a teacher

As a parent of 2 boys who attended NPHS, I can say without any hesitation that this school molded my children to be the best they could be. The faculty and students relate as a family, with everyone working together to promote the best learning opportunity for each child there. Even teachers who did not teach a student would know that student by name. Here is a school that actively pursues what is in the interest of each child. There is personal, one-on-one caring. The academic program is very strong, and for a small rural high school, has produced many superior and successful professionals in the work force today. I would not have sent my children anywhere else for their schooling even though I had the resources to do so. I chose NP before they chose my children. The arts, athletic, vocational/business, exceptional programs are second to none. Great praise.
--Submitted by a parent