This is certainly not the best school, but it is not the worst.
Starting off, finding which class you want is incredibly difficult. However, this is probably true for most schools (well, except the ones that provide maps for their students) and I can't hold it against them too much. Finding a specific locker is also very difficult as well. The majority of the teachers are good at what they do, but very few of them appear to actually be happy with their jobs and that attitude often shines through when they deal with the students.
One of the issues I saw with the school was the cafeteria. It's a mad house during meal time--even more so than what's the "norm" for high schools--and very often, the lunch lines stretch out all the way into the halls which causes problems for students who need to get to their lockers.
The students themselves are varied, but there is a very real problem of bullying that can be witnessed at the school on a daily basis. Usually this problem would be dealt with by the school counselor, but like at many schools, I found the people who are supposed to "help" students with their problems severely lacking any type of care for the kids who come to them with a problem.
The school itself is very old and when going down to the classes in the lower level, this is blatantly obvious. From ceilings leaking when it rains to subarctic temperatures to the occasional bug that shimmies its way into a student's backpack, I feel very sorry for any student or teacher who has to stay in those lower levels for any extended period of time.
Overall, the school is not the best in the world but it is several steps up from the alternatives; short of homeschooling or private schools, Gretna High is the best High School in the area. read more
