Westbury High School

Have yet to hear from someone about bus route, bad first day impression did not want daughter here had no choice hope to change that soon
--Submitted by a parent

Westbury High has a new principal who started in August 2010. School is near Willow Waterhole Nature Area and has started two Environmental Science courses for 2010-11 with intent to use proximity to Willow Waterhole as a unique asset for WHS.

this is a great school, people are too stuck on the bad press, that a few bad students gave us, and tend to assume its a bad school all in all, it has a great medical, media, and fine arts programs, and lots of great AP courses. great school
--Submitted by a student

This school is the best i graduate last year and it was my best 4 years of my life!
--Submitted by a student

I am currently a graduating senior at this school and i believe that these accusations only apply for the majority and greatly overshadows the minority. What these critics are forgetting is that there is a great Advanced Placement program with teachers that take the time to actually teach the students. It is up to the students to decide whether or not that they would want the education provided for them. I am getting so sick and tired of westbury being associated as 'ghetto,' because people only judge this school through first impressions. So for the future, actually take the time to go inside the school, look at all the classes, then make your judgement.
--Submitted by a student

The school has a very poor enviroment including teachers.
--Submitted by a student

I attended Westbury and am a fairly recent graduate. The education there is sub-par at best. The staff does a poor job showing that they 'care.' Some teachers are bright spots, but most of the staff is barely adequate, and the administration is horrific. I've never witnessed a school in such constant disarray. I was less prepared for college than any of my friends that attended other schools. The education there is a joke, literally. I had a lower GPA than most of my friends from other schools, but had a higher class rank. In short, Westbury is terrible.
--Submitted by a former student

Westbury High School's entire campus is divided into small learning commuities. The school has good leadership. The Auto Tech and Fine Arts Departments are clearly outstanding.
--Submitted by a parent

Parental involment is lacking greatly, a great deal of voilence, administracion simply does not care they do not enforce rules provided by the state, students can get away with anything teachers are not regared when it comes to teaching meathods they are force to fallow TAKS obgectives by the word wich simply do not work.
--Submitted by a parent

The academic standards are the same as most of the public schools in houston except for non-parental participation and that is due mainly to lack of communication from the school. The only time we hear from them is when they want money. We are expected to just send money anytime they ask for it and not give any feedback at all. There are a handfull of people that are a part of the old status quo and they like keeping things just the way they have always been. If you don't have money then your child is left out.
--Submitted by a parent