Athens Area High School

This school is focused on numbers and not the students. They push the students through instead of actually educating them. Their sole purpose is for sports, not education. If they spent more on the education factor and reducing the class sizes this might actually be a good school. Please don't get me wrong, there are some great teachers here, but they can not do the work they need to because they are overwhelmed with students that they can not give each student the amount of time they need to excel. The people in charge are the worse. they spend more time on trying to raise taxes to spend on sports then on the education of these kids. It's a disgrace!
—Submitted by a parent

My kids have gone thought the middle, junior, and senior high. The schools are great. Teachers and administration are attentive to student needs and abilities. Every kid can participate in sports or extracurricular activities. If there is any negative it is the school spirit is lacking in many students. It would be great to see more kids participating. There are activities for everyone from sports to music to drama to academic groups. There is no reason to not have every kid involved with some sort of activity. Love the opportunities here at Athens. My kids definitively took advantage of what was available and had a great experience.
—Submitted by a parent

i am a sophomore at athens, the teachers are great, and fun, but i feel that we need to have spend more time on lessons to help us learn more. other than that the school is a good school
—Submitted by a student

This is a pretty good district alltogether. Pretty good sports, excellent arts, and focused on academics.
—Submitted by a teacher

You need to worry less about the sports and more on the academics. Sports dont matter. And you wonder why the students are not paying any attention in class because they are to worried about the games. So lay off the sports and get more with it for academic. No wonder everyone was failing at your school.
—Submitted by a former student