Culpeper County High School

Wow. i must say i love CCHS this year. Yes i am a very active student from three varsity sports and several other after school activities i couldnt ask for much more. I mean lack of money is always hard (especially when it seems like EV is getting everything they ask for) but from the crowded last year to this year, devotion and pride seems to have come alive. I love my teachers, some more than others but that is nothing new. CCHS wants to help its students in school. Athletics may not be the best, but we lost all our star athletes and the young people like me have a chance to step up and become leaders. It may seem like things are turning for the bad at CCHS based on sports, but this year seems to almost be a new and improved school
--Submitted by a student

I have been in Culpeper for a couple of years and what I see is the biggest problem is the school board. The members do not listen to the teachers or the community. They tend to do whatever they want. I see the teachers trying to do their jobs, but everyone else make it difficult for them ... this explains why good teachers do not stay here.
--Submitted by a teacher

Now i see that some people on here are bashing my school and career academy. I know that culpeper high is a hick school but i don't think your giving it credit. Yes when i was in school (2005 graduate) it was very crowded and teachers were to busy but i enjoyed it for the most part because there are teachers out there that made it fun and career academy was hard and idiotic at some times but damn if it hasent taught me to handle my self in corporate or some kind of job situation. I am calm cool and collected and hardly say ummm in speeches because of that those classes. I am glad i stuck with CA. So y'all just back off my school give those people some credit.
--Submitted by a student

I attended CCHS all four years and I didn't come out of it with a warped education. I know first hand how hard it is to get administration to do anything, but I learned that if you bug them every morning then they get fed up with you and get it done. I'm not saying that that's a great way to do something, but it works. I learned how to get things done for myself. The teachers are wonderful. I loved almost every teacher that I had. There are plenty of opportunities for people to excell, it just takes a bit of work, which is the reason I had many of my friends and peers tell me that they weren't going to take the AP and honors courses that were offered, and even more from the people who said they weren't going to the newly established governor's school. Motivation is needed!

I am one of those detractors of CCHS. I have had 2, going on 3 at that school and they've done well with no thanks to the school board, administrators or the counseling staff. Some of the teachers have been very good. A number have been very bad. Clearly the post by the teacher, Mr. W, relative to career academy is totally subjective. It has been very meaningful to those kids who've chosen those two tracks. Any problems with career academy has been due to teachers who are not involved in that program doing their best to undermine its success. Hopefully, the overcrowding will be ameliorated with the opening of Eastern View High School, but we'll still have to deal with poor leadership from superintendent and school board.
--Submitted by a parent

lots of drama, lots of fights, arguing with teachers, old equipment, the average school.
--Submitted by a student

I am a new resident to Culpeper and I have a jr in Culpeper HS, I really wasn't impressed on how the school operated in transfers. My son was out of school for a week because they wouldn't let him start until they received his records from him previous school 1st. I was told that this was because of the overcrowding... Now that he is in school, I have to say that his teachers have made an good impression on me. They are interested in my child and have made every effort to stay in touch with me concerning my child.
--Submitted by a parent

Okay I am a graduate of CCHS and I just want to say that its a nice school, it may be very crowded but teachers provide a great learning experience and extracurricular activities are amazing. . .and who can forget about the sports. . .
--Submitted by elena cooper, a former student

What a joke!! Overcrowded, rude students and many ill equipped teachers, are just the beginning of how to describe this school. Wanting to stay in Culpeper and having a good education for our children are never going to coincide. We have been involved continuously in our children's growth, development and education. I do not blame the board of supervisors from continuously not wanting to give tax money to the school system, when it is completely evident that the school board is intent on wasting it.
--Submitted by a parent

Having had two children attend this school, I would not recommend it. It is understaffed, lacking in diversity of study and uninterested in anything but maintaining order in an overcrowded environment. By carefully selecting teachers, one can get a decent education, but it isn't easy. The teachers are underpaid and under appreciated. The counseling staff seems too overwhelmed to give much pro-active assistance to students. Heaven help the kids who don't have educated and/or involved parents -- they'll sink like stones in this school. The best and brightest will do fine, but woe to the rest.
--Submitted by a parent