Hercules Middle High School

very organized! look forward to a great year for my daughter in this school!

Wow this school absolutely sucks they don’t even answer the phone during the summer even though they say «open 9am-​11am» and I called them about 5 times & they just let it ring. Very rude. Wish they would destroy this school :/

I am only giving this high school based on MY personal experience.
I came to this high school my Senior year (my parents moved cities during my last year of high school). Needless to say didn’t think much of the change until the school year actually started. I didn’t think much of the school but quickly realized that the office staff wasn’t really nice, neither was the library staff. Hate the vice principil and main principal (always thought he was the IN thing). The class selections weren’t that great (but what can I expect for a public school). But I managed to get into the classes that I wanted, so that was a good thing. The lockers were dirty and locked inside a cage next to the locker rooms, which were also dirty. Hated how the lockers were outside. The gym and the cafeteria were about the only cleanest buildings in the whole school. My AP English class had occasional ants in because there was a culinary classroom next door (which obviously didn’t do a very good job of cleaning after class),
My Math class had old computers which more often than not didn’t work and were so outdated that we could easily find a proxy to get onto social networking sites during class (which at the time was cool). lol The campus grounds itself had occasional trash (like normal schools), running track was always clean and off limits (unless you were with a coach or teacher), and bathrooms were always locked (you were lucky if you found one unlocked. During the summer AC was awesome but during the winter it was freezing! The school itself doesn’t have a swimming pool (it is located in the community center across the street from the school), the high school side had plenty of parking (but not on the 1^st floor), the 1^st floor was for seniors to park and the 2^nd floor was for Juniors to park (which few had cars).
At the end of my school year, I managed to like the school, made good friends and had my favorite teachers. NOT my favorite school. Miss my old high school and I would have much rather stayed and graduated with my class.
Oh and orientation and traffic in the mornings and after school are horrible. Get there early to get on time to class and to find parking (those students who have cars), also forgot to mention, be prepared to ALWAYS wear your high school lanyard around your neck. That by far was the most annoying,

My daughter goes to this school and although it has gotten better, its still not up to par. Cant a kid go to school w/​o having to worry about things getting stolen from his/​her back pack. VP Mr. Richardson was helpful but w/​a school as crazy as this one is its hard to catch anyone.
Today was the final straw. Some black kid was stopping traffic and dancing infront of cars in the middle of Refugio Valley Road. My wifey told the kid to get out the way as he yelled out «F*ck you, you mother F*cker. After picking up my daughter going back down Refugio, our car get pummeled by rocks. WTF!!! so she stops and none of the 30 black kids fess up to doing anything nor could she pick one out of this «hyphy» croud all dressed in 5x tall T-​shirts, gay ass bright colors, WTF!!! These kids are glad I wasnt there.
We filed a police report but WTF are the Hercules Police gonna do??? They cant even keep these kids from J-​walking everyday. My car has damages. 2 door dings, cracked window, windshield, A piller chipped paint, chipped paint on B pillar, rear ¼ panel is scuffed. I just had this side of the car re-​painted about 3 months ago after a lady on Redwood hit the car while pulling out her driveway.
Im glad my kids will be pulled out of Hercules Schools next year.
Hercules is a joke and the kids here just have no damn respect! You gotta wonder why black folks complain about being stereo typed this way. Look at WTF their children are doing at school!!!