Addison Trail High School

If I could give less than 1 star, I would. Where to start? First of all, the students are basically in either advanced classes or in remedial classes. The «regular» classes they offer almost mimic the pace/​material the «advanced» ones are at. If you sign up for an AP class the year before, you have the first 10 days of the new semester to drop it. However, they don’t let anyone drop them! They would rather students struggle through an AP class and earn a mediocre grade than let them drop into a class they will actually succeed in. All they care about is their image of being in the top 6% of schools nationwide. Also, parking permits are $ 170! What a joke. I also attended a high school in central Texas where parking only cost $ 20 for the year. They also expect you to pay that much and park in the back of the lot because the first ¹⁄₃ of it is «reserved» for teachers even though they have their own lot in the back. They ALSO make you pay for textbooks!!! What high school does that? I have had to pay $ 800 a few years for HIGH SCHOOL TEXT BOOKS. If you have a choice, DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE. Their front desk has horrible service and way too much attitude for their career choice. Teachers/​coaches play favorites, a lot of cheating occurs, etc. I regret wasting 4 years of my life at this garbage dump knowing that I could have done more with my time elsewhere.

Recent 182 million renovation. For many years it has ranked as one of the best high schools in the country. Hidden gem in the suburbs.

Great school! Ranked as one of the best. Modem, beautiful, well run school. Over a one hundred and eighty million recently put into this amazing high school for remodel. This high school is excellent.

Addison Trail is a burden to be overcome by the poor, unfortunate students who are forced to go here despite begging and pleading with their parents to send them into the City to live with their Grandparents so that they can go to a decent school and have a future outside of marrying another Addisonian/​Addisonite (?) and moving into a house near each of their parents.
Seriously, I will always feel like I succeeded despite having gone here. The place is a joke and they totally chased away any of the good teachers that they had. Ms. Filippini was seriously the worst teacher I have EVER experienced — and I’ve got an advanced degree, so I’ve seen a lot. Who gives a class answers to a test beforehand as a study guide? What is the point?
The shining gems of an otherwise useless building were: Mr. Virkus, Mr. Avery and Ms. Franson.