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I have grae school kids and just moved here...so take it for what it is worth. If you drive by at 2:30 you'll see the crowd I wouldnt send my kids there
It looks the same outside every highschool across the country- you have cliques- millbrook has them ( I should know!), leesville, wakefield, athens drive, enloe, broughton- they are everywhere. The 'stoners', the 'jocks', the 'geeks' the 'gangsters'- its everywhere.
It's ridiculous to judge a school by what the kids outside look like.
I would have NO HESITATION to send my kids there, and in fact looking at a home districted to the 'brook'.
It looks the same outside every highschool across the country- you have cliques- millbrook has them ( I should know!), leesville, wakefield, athens drive, enloe, broughton- they are everywhere. The 'stoners', the 'jocks', the 'geeks' the 'gangsters'- its everywhere.
It's ridiculous to judge a school by what the kids outside look like.
I would have NO HESITATION to send my kids there, and in fact looking at a home districted to the 'brook'.
It is, what you make it to be.
Very good.
Really, who among us would choose to relive our high school years???
It looks the same outside every highschool across the country- you have cliques- millbrook has them ( I should know!), leesville, wakefield, athens drive, enloe, broughton- they are everywhere. The 'stoners', the 'jocks', the 'geeks' the 'gangsters'- its everywhere.
It's ridiculous to judge a school by what the kids outside look like.
I would have NO HESITATION to send my kids there, and in fact looking at a home districted to the 'brook'.
It is, what you make it to be.
I sent my son there and he did fine.
However, there were many issues at Millbrook and some real losers attending there.
If your kid goes there, watch the clique they join to be sure it's not the group of losers I mentioned before.
However, there were many issues at Millbrook and some real losers attending there.
If your kid goes there, watch the clique they join to be sure it's not the group of losers I mentioned before.
We have friends with a freshman at MSH. Their daughter likes the school, and yes.. there are troublemakers and losers there.. they said the *key* to MHS is to be in honors/AP level courses - that way you are with the more serious students....not to say they (honors students) aren't full of cliques... speaking academics only.. not social...
I know this thread is a little old, but I wanted some current info on how things are at Millbrook H.S. Have things gotten better or worse in the last 1 1/2yrs since this thread was started?
I know this thread is a little old, but I wanted some current info on how things are at Millbrook H.S. Have things gotten better or worse in the last 1 1/2yrs since this thread was started?
Since this thread was started, Millbrook received the International Baccaluareate magnet program from Broughton High School. I am not sure if it started this year or next but there are big positive changes on the horizon for the school.
Millbrook is a good school, but from what I hear there is a "tough crowd" there as well.
Like pretty much any school you can name, right?
I think I heard that Millbrook has one of the highest percentages of non-English-as-first-language students in the area, at least a couple of years ago. Reassignments are so prevalent, it may not be true anymore.
Oops, just noticed that this is a resurrected thread from a year ago.
Oops, just noticed that this is a resurrected thread from a year ago.
Yes but kira72 asked for an update.
The attached chart provides data and rankings on four performance metrics for 17 traditional high schools in Wake County for the 2007-08 school year. Wake Co High Schools.pdf
Those metrics are:
1. The percentage of students receiving passing scores on state EOC tests (all tests).
2. The average Total SAT score & participation rate.
3. The average number of short- or long-term out-of-school suspensions per 100 students.
4. The percentage of teachers who have completed a masters degree or higher.
Based on these metrics alone, the top three performing high schools in the county appear to be Green Hope, Panther Creek and Apex. The bottom three performing schools appear to be Knightdale, Garner and Millbrook.
If I lived in the Millbrook attendance area, I would check out Enloe as a potential alternative. That school ranks 6th overall based on the four metrics described here. Plus, I understand that Enloe is more zeitgeisty then some of the other high school in Wake Co.
Last edited by Nelson919; 08-28-2009 at 11:55 AM..
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