Franklin County High School

FCHS is a great school. We have plenty of resources and great teachersthe admin. are very caring. There soccer team is amazing, but the baseball leaves something to be desired.
—Submitted by a student

I'm graduating from FC this spring and I have to say I couldn't think of any other place to spend four years of my life. Everyone here is so helpful and caring. The AP teachers are pretty much the best ever. I've enjoyed my life here in FC and I plan on coming right back after college. It really is a great school and a great community.
—Submitted by a student

First of all there is only drugs and violence if you choose to involve yourselves in them. The community is very caring and looks out for each other. The school has overqualified teachers, some being both professors and high school teachers. Having educations from Pennsylvania Univeristy and Oxford, are only a few of the great schools the teachers have attended. They are willing to tutor and help you out as much as they can. The school will definitely prepare you for college if you choose to take challenging classes. I currently am taking AP Calculus, AP Biology, College English, and Advanced Accounting, getting college credits already. My brother took similar courses and is now majoring in Bio-Chemistry at Virginia Tech and doing well.
—Submitted by a student

There is a lot of violence, drugs, and alcohol involved at this school. The environment is highly oppressing and the students have no values.TERRIBLE school..
—Submitted by a student

I attended Franklin County High School, and do not feel that it truly prepared me for college. I graduated with a high gpa, but did not feel truly challenged. One of the teachers that I had refused to offer assistance when I was having great difficulty with the subject matter, and was prone to ridicule students. My mother contacted the admisistration, and no solution was ever found. There were some good teachers, but for the most part they were adequate.
—Submitted by a student

The teachers are very dedicated, and there are a lot of excellent pprograms to prepare students for a trade, pretty impressive. The only weakness is the fact that the school is overcrowded, as it is the only high school in the county. They do a great job making it work, and have very good structure in place for those with an IEP. I was impressed with this considering the huge student population.
—Submitted by a parent

There are many factors that make our school great. Students, staff, administration, athletics, parents, the list could go on forever. Our school has a small school atmosphere with the benefits of a large school. (Where else could you take sign language or small animal care?) We have caring teachers and administrators who don't take the easy way out (even if that makes us unpopular sometimes). I would not ever consider leaving this school to teach in another. I have traveled all over the state and the country and have not ever found a school to top ours. We may not win big championships with our sports teams, and we may not have the highest test scores in the country, but what we do have are intelligent, respectful and mature young adults that are a credit to our county (thanks to our parents, teachers, and community).
—Submitted by a teacher

Even though I'm in my junior year this year, this is my second year being at FCHS. Out of the 6 schools I've been to, I highly say that this school is the best. The teachers are really helpful and the other kids there are great. I love it there. I'm going to miss it when I graduate there next year. The school is like home to me now. Go FCHS! Go Eagles!
—Submitted by a student

I have recently graduated from FCHS and I could not have asked for a better high school experience. We are an excellent community at FCHS. The learning experience is top notch and all the teachers are excellent. Leaving FCHS at graduation was like leaving home. =]

I went to Franklin County when the football program had very little support. There have been improvements in both the athletic and academics at the school. The thing is, nobody is gonna stand and cheer when the ribbons are cut on the CATCE center. All the attention is put on money spent for sport, which if people would realize it is this type of spirit building and pride cultivation that makes people want to support the school as a whole! Go eagles, oh yeah if your kid cant play a sport, they spend plenty of money on the band as well!
—Submitted by a student

My boys have a forty minute bus ride to school. The administrators were very cold and zero tolerance was promoted after ten days of entering this new world. By the time they got to high school, the quality of teachers had diminished. The teachers would comment on how overwhelmed they were. My boys would have 30-40 in a classroom. I hope others have a better experience than we had. We are leaving Franklin County.
—Submitted by a parent

It is rather amusing to me to see people frustrated with the spending on the football program, do you know the amount of players that never in a million years would have made it to college without the support of the athletic programs at FCHS. Franklin County improved the stadium because there are people who believe in Franklin County and who come out to cheer on your football team. It is important that funding also go to other aspects of the school, and being a graduate of 2005 and a very involved student I can assure you there are other things going on at the school academically and not athletically. Yes, we have an athletic school full of spirit; however, we also have an academic school full of extremely intelligent people who are going to do great in life with what FCHS has taught them. Go Eagles. :)
—Submitted by a former student

I'm not a parent, but a 2004 graduate. I enjoyed my schooling in Franklin Co. Of course every school has a few negative aspects, but FCHS is a great school. There are many opportunities available for sports, hobbies and for future careers. The staff is there and ready to help out as much as possible. And Franklin Co. is a beautiful and quickly developing community which also offers many opportunities for students. I would recommend this FCHS.
—Submitted by a former student

As a 2005 graduate of FCHS, I am currently going to college and I am amazed at how much I was prepared for this phase of my life by attending the high school. We were challenged in every possible way, but it was for our own good. I had a great high school experience. I thought that going to a school with over 2000 people in it would be difficult to get involved and make new friends. But I wasn't I was involved in HOSA, the international club, NHS, Senior Class cabinet, JV and Varsity softballl (8-12), and many other activities. My graduation class was over 400 and I knew 99 percent of them. Everyone at FCHS will do anything for the student.
—Submitted by Kayla, a former student

I think franklin county schools are great! I went to franklin county high and graduated in 2002, it was a very well rounded atmosphere, and discipline was not a factor, because there were rules and regualtions, about the million dollar new stadium that is coming, it is needed! I never miss a football game, in fact i get season tickets, i have a brother in law that plays football right now! i think football is a great sport is keeps kids out of trouble and keeps there grades higher!Its just a popular sport and doesnt take anything away from anything else.
—Submitted by a former student

As a parent of two students at Franklin County High, I agree that way too much time and effort is put into Franklin County's Football Program. I ahve also found several of the administrators unconcerned with many aspects of the school. I have witnesses too much favor to students whose parents have an influence in the county.
—Submitted by a parent

I think FCHS is a very good school, but I tend to agree with the comment about the Football. They seem to worship the football aspect of the school, which is not the reason for the school. But, overall, when we moved here last year from Northern VA, we specifically looked in Franklin County because of the overall quality of the High School. There are a lot of opportunities for education here and the staff of teachers do seem to really take an interest in the students.
—Submitted by Suzanne Graboski, a parent

FCHS is a very large school, but has many teachers there that care about their students. There are many activities for students to becom involved in. It is a positive aspect of the community. The campus is nice and there are many academic options for the ever-changing student population.
—Submitted by a former student

The school can get a two million loan on a football standium but we really don't need that really we need things for the students. Telecommunications need some kind of money to help them get started. They are pushing back on the education of students for a stupid stadium. This school is to involved in the football then they are on the education of the children. So I have to say that the school is going down hill. Somebody needs to come in and rerun the school cause its just not happening with the supervisors now. They care more for a certain group of people then they do for the whole school. The school is separated and they really don't care. So franklin county is not a very good school.
—Submitted by a student