Central York High School

As a student of this school, I can testify to their top rate facilities and extremely high prevalence of technology in classrooms-both of which can be attributed to rising taxes within the communities. However, none of this can make up for the majority of the teachers lack of desire to communicate and work individually with a student. Yes, there are some extremely good teachers in the AP classes which genuinely work to try to teach their students to the best of their abilities. But there are also a great deal of teachers who are incompetent and do not understand the materials that they are teaching or simply seek to lower a students grade due to personal dislike. While teachers that are intentionally seeking out students represent a small minority, many of those with little skill or ability to teach are sheltered by an overprotective union which is constantly demanding increased salaries, thereby harming students knowledge gained during the courses with little to no improvement from the teachers on a yearly basis, coupled with an overzealous administration which constantly places new rules not for the students benefit produces a hostile learning environment propagated by the admin.
--Submitted by a student

Great School, Good Resources. need to eliminate a few bad teachers to move to the next echelon. First rate Pricipal andfirst class counselors
--Submitted by a parent

One of the best schools around. Better than all others in the county. Students do not fall through the cracks and it is very advanced in technology
--Submitted by a student

We have some very dedicated teachers and guidance personnel they really love their career and it shows.
--Submitted by a parent

Very great school. great facility, great teachers, and an awesome cafeteria :)!
--Submitted by a student

Children can easily fall trough the cracks. The communication from the school to the parents is terrible (I tried to be informed). Some of their policies were equally as bad. I so wanted this school to work out for my 3 children.
--Submitted by a parent

I'm currently a senior at Central York and am part of the first graduating class to go all four years in the new high school. Over the four years that I have been at Central I have taken many classes that I know other schools don't have and I know will help me further myself in college and be ahead of the game. The academics is amazing for whatever you want to do after high school. The athletic promgrams are pretty amazing too. I was a football manager for my last two years, and I have to say that the pride that you get and the family that comes from being on a sports team is a reason why everyone should want to be a fighting panther!
--Submitted by a student

This school will leave you well prepared for a rigorous college curriculum--if you allow it to. I graduated from the CYSD system three years ago and feel it has left me with valuable skill sets. The honors and AP programs are particularly engaging. The high school also provides a wide variety of classes that I found students graduating from other schools and regions did not have available to them. The art and music programs in this district are particularly impressive--a good barometer for a successful education system. These things being said, I feel that the high school should focus on making their regular curriculum more difficult. While I understand these should not be as challenging as honors and AP courses, I still felt that students were not being presented with enough challenge and were able to get by with minimal effort.
--Submitted by a student

This school offers an an excellent education for those who want it. I currently have a child attending the school who is thriving academically. I also have a child who graduated two years ago, attends a top ranked private university and says she was well prepared for rigorous college academics. She took many AP courses, scored either 4 or 5 on the exams and her honors classes were not easy by any means. While there is always room for improvement, CYHS provides a wonderful educational opportunity for it's student body.
--Submitted by a parent

When i first started to go here I really liked it but then after my second year (sophmore year) I did not like it at all it was really crowded and it just does not seem that the teachers care tooo much about students.They should have a more broader variety of classes to take because not everybody is gonna like the same classes..and there is jus soo much more we could be learning about. What i mean is that the curriculm could be much more diverse than it is.
--Submitted by a student