Highschools are the worst places on earth. Let's throw hundreds of hormonal, angsty, hormonal teenagers into a place they don't want to be - by law - and force them to be in close proximity for 9 months out of the year to be supervised by a staff consisting of minimally educated, poorly salaried middle aged adults who couldn't think their way out of a paper bag, and then see what happens when they are too taxed and stressed out to properly supervise the kids. That is what highschool currently is in the public school systems. If you really cared about your kids, you'd homeschool or send them to a private school. ANYTHING but what we currently have.