Washington High School

Considering I was painfully geeky, I loved to hate this school when I was a teenager. Everyone is OBSESSED with football. Personally, I could not care less. They had an absolutely excellent vocal program, but the teacher has since retired, and music program has been substantially cut in junior high, so I doubt it’s nearly as good as it used to be.
Some argue that the football brings in money for other things, but of course, during my high school years, there was that whole debacle where a levy that was desperately needed to continue funding different programs and the new building, and it rested ENTIRELY on whether or not we made it to the state championships. We didn’t. The levy failed. We didn’t have a public busing system for 2+ years. Many «less important programs» like French club, chess club, and so on were cut (and this of course happened the year I’d been slated to be president of both). This is problematic when the majority of the high school’s parents are blue collar workers — how are the students going to GET to school!!!
Overall, I enjoyed going here when I could avoid the stupid jocks, but I wouldn’t send my kids here.