Madison High School has come a long way in the last few years. They are doing an awesome job in offering guidance, college requirement and scholarship information, and preparing their students for success.
I graduated from Madison in 1981. It was a good school then. However, there were several years when the forced busing situation and other complications made Madion a place that I did not want my niece to attend school. Things have changed again, though, and my daughter. who started 9th grade at Clairemont High School, now attends Madison. I have to give the school credit for turning things around and really finding a way to do right by our students.
Madison's principal and staff have done an excellant job of securing grants and funding to enhance both the academics and the physical grounds of the school. Furthermore, Madison makes sure that all students are focused on a successful future. They have counselors that focus on college requirements and scholarships, and really get the students involved in planning for their future, In addition to having one of the best engineering and robotics programs in the country, Madison also has a spectacular performing arts school. Not only was the football stadium just made over, and is now state of the art, but the new multimillion dollar media center is about to open. AND--they have just installed solar panels over part of the student parking lot, that will be generating 30% of the school's overall electricity.
So-I'm not sure what the previous reviewer saw when they went to check out Madison, but if they spent more time at the school, or talked to the students or staff, they would see that this school accels in the areas that are important to our students...and us as parents.
Sure, like all schools that are decades old, some of the rooms are musty, and they may need some updates here and there, but that is because the leaders of the school have wisely chosen to put the funding where it counts.....to help our students become successful.
The only issue I have with the way the school is run now, is that because of the grant rules, if students are not enrolled in the engineering program, they are not allowed to take auto-shop (considered part of the engineering dept.) or architecture classes. So, in some cases, the good classes are not available for all students to take. This is not the fault of the school, but the nature of working with grants.
This is not the Madison of yesteryear (though I was quite proud to call myself a warhawk then and now.)
Kudos to Madison's hardwrking staff. Thanks for caring about our kids! Keep up the good work! read more