Taft High School

Students only attend school Monday - Thursday. Fridays are only for students with Incomplete. Grading is A, B, C & I. Most of the students have multiple Incomplete's yet nothing is being done to correct this situation. Many teachers have up to 80% of their class with Incomplete. Apparently if you want to do your job half-a$$ed Taft High is the place to work. I am disgusted at the way Taft High School does things and even more disgusted that the teachers do not care.
--Submitted by a parent

I must say, as the first middle school class that will graduate Taft High, I am proud of how far our school has come. During seventh grade, we had no electives and the seperation between middle school and high school students were not very good. Now as an oncoming junior, we have more classes and i have been learning so much more. Its been tough sure, but overall the school has vastly improved. And we got our turf field from a grant, and it has improved our school spirit. But our school needs help from the community not only from the school district. So people in the community come support the future leaders of the U.S please. Thank you!

The way teachers take time to help the students with their work and in turn students being successful in school
--Submitted by a parent

There's probably nothing that's been said here that is 100 percent off-base, with the exception of the comment about a football-centric school. (That comment -- all of it -- is at best ignorant of the facts, at worst a lie.) Does THS 7-12 have problems? You bet; all schools do. Certainly, we are endeavoring to get our test scores up and produce more informed graduates. But, as another parent pointed out, you get out of Taft what you put into it, and there is nowhere more than Taft that you can do anything you want. We simply aren't big enough to turn kids down. Want to play football? You can. Want to be in the musical? You can. Simple as that. Every kid at Taft gets the opportunity to pursue what their heart desires. Having worked with the best students ever at THS, I see uequalled growth in the ones that do.
--Submitted by a teacher

The football field did not come education money!! So if a new field funded by outside education can boost school spirit then so be it! At Taft you get out of school what you put into it as a student. There are great things happening education wise if you want to access them!
--Submitted by a parent

i love how everyone thinks this school is so amazing its not there wasting there money on pointless things when they could be using it for fixing the school and not for sports foot ball is not the whole world our education is our principle treats it like it makes the world go round!!!!!
--Submitted by a student

I didn't see a review that said kids were sitting on the floor. The school is not exceptional, it is far from that. Everyone has their own opinion. We do have a transient population and that is why we don't get as much funding as Newport. Some of the reason for the lack of numbers in the graduating class does have to do with this, but also has to do with kids, teachers, parents and staff not making the effort to ensure that our kids graduate. I speak from first hand experience. My child was not meeting her attendance guidelines. I did not receive one phone call when she was not in school. I have taken responsibility, as has my child, but the school needs to make more of an effort. Blame should be cast upon all.
--Submitted by a parent

Both my children have attended the lincoln city schools for most of their academic lives. my oldest child has graduated and my youngest is a senior this year. it is safe to say that I can list more negatives about this school than positive. we don't have the budget so we miss out on alot of good classes and electives. some of the teachers are exceptional, but there are more than a few that are just biding their time until they can retire. the school is overcrowded and as of last year the 7th & 8th graders are combined with the high school due to lack of funding. it is not to put blame on the school or the employees and I think they try to do their best with what limited resources they have. I wouldn't send my kids here if I were able to move and go somewhere else.
--Submitted by a parent

This is a great school. It's small so kids know everybody and teachers get to know their students more. Nothing bad happens and they all have great teaching styles. They teach what we need and they don't overload the kids with homework. They go at a steady good pace. I love it.:)
--Submitted by a student

This has to be the worst school in Oregon. The middle school side is out of control and the lack of discipline is almost unbearable. There is minimal parent involvement if any. Honestly I would not have my child attend this school.
--Submitted by a student