Osbourn Park High School

OP has one of the finest teaching staff and administrative team in Northern Virginia. As a parent of 3 daughters, we did considerable research before moving to Prince William County from Fairfax County -primarily because of our concerns over schools. We could not be happier with our decision! Our oldest daughter is beginning her Senior Year 2012-2013 at VT on the Dean's List. Our middle daughter has just been accepted at JMU and our youngest just completed her Freshman Year at OP. The students are well prepared to succeed in college and learned many valuable life lessons while in high school. They had opportunities to travel, play sports, volunteer, join clubs...good balance of school and social life for teens without the overwhelming pressure of some of the other top Virginia schools. This is a NATIONAL Award Winning school - parents should be very proud of their students and school. Fantastic inspiring teachers and administrative staff. Go Jackets!!
--Submitted by a parent

Osbourn Park has a great team of teachers who will go to all costs to help a student. However, the administration has absolutely no regard for county policy, and simply do not care. Ever heard of the Code of Virginia or Code of Behavior??? They befriend troubled students and constantly leave them off the hook for all offenses. The result of this practice is that teachers and bus drivers have to deal with these kids with absolutly no support or backup from the admin. Kids are constantly distracted due to teachers having to due the job of the administration. I put my sympathy with the teachers and commend them for taking on this poorly managed school.
--Submitted by a student

I am very happy for the quality of the teachers.
--Submitted by a parent

I am currently attending Osbourn Park high School and do not think its the best. The teachers do not care what happens to many students and the administration does not even think to care about what students do during school whether its good or bad. I think they should worry about whats happening inside the schools.
--Submitted by a student

Osbourn Park High School is a wonderful school. The principal is a wonderful leader and classroom teacher. We had one daughter who graduated two years ago and our youngest is a sophomore this year. Teachers have been terrific and respond to our emails through the Edulink system for adults. This school has a wonderful active sports community the halls bustle with activity every afternoon. I have found if you keep your kids involved, check on their grades and stay involved in their lives and invite their friends home you end up with a wonderful well rounded happy student. Osbourn Park High School has been a wonderful for the past six years. OP Mom
--Submitted by a parent

Osbourn Park is really the best school that I know of. The teachers are staff is magnificent and the students love how the school offers them a higher level of independence than they got in middle school. The kids always rally around each other for support and help whenever anyone needs it. Honestly, in the movies you see the stories of kids being bullied and pushed around or of freshman 'hazing', but at OP the students are much more mature than that. While OP, like any other school, has its problems it has been named a Prince William County school of excellence 5 years in a row. Also, the school is getting a facelift. We are getting brand new equiptment (desks, books, computers) along with a much needed romodeling of all 3 floors. So, for those who dislike OP, they are wasting what could be the best years of their lives.
--Submitted by Nate, a student

Osbourn Park High School is a diamond in the rough. If parents keep a positive mental attitude and create a home environment around their kids to allow them to excel, their success at OPHS will me limitless. Our daughter just graduated and had a great four years. The quality academic and athletic programs at OPHS allow kids to excel to any level they desire. If parents want their kids to excel at OP they need to set the example in the home. All paths from the most positive to the lowest negative exist to some degree at every school. It's the choices and decisions the kids make that determine their success. Yes we were there for our daughter and supported her the best we could in both her academics and athletics. We met some really wonderful kids, parents, teachers, coaches and administrators at OPHS. Thanks OPHS you are the BEST!
--Submitted by Bob W., a parent

Although it may sound that Osbourne Park is a really good school its not. We just recently moved to Virginia and we found this school having expectations for it me and my brother were hoping for better a better education but were we wrong. the hallways are over crowded, the techers barely get through teaching due to the distruption in class and never take disiplinary action.
--Submitted by a former student

This School has great teachers, but the problem is that the discipline stratagies is not doing oh so well. There are so many after school activities. Most of all it is really hard to get through the halls due to over crowding.
--Submitted by a student

This school is really one of the good schools in the 'Prince William County' and the teachers are really showing and putting up their effort on the students and students also produce their result in the form of their studies and good grades. And my one daughter already goes to this school as a sophmore and my other daughter will also go to this same school.
--Submitted by Mary Nawab, a parent