Let me paint a picture for you of the Cedar Crest landscape. Every other review on here about the disgusting state of the campus is absolutely correct and without exaggeration. The walls ooze slime, the bathrooms reek and can be smelled throughout the school, mold is everywhere and dust from the probably carcinogenic ceiling tile material floats like clouds in the classrooms.
It is one thing if an underfunded school prioritizes its education and teaching resources over its appearance; this I can understand. However, Cedar Crest receives more money than its neighboring schools, yet clearly fails the utilize it efficiently. The administration makes no effort to remedy the crumbling structure or even to acknowledge that there is a problem.
To cut back on drug deals and marijuana smoking, the school conjured up a strikingly innovative plan. The administration's brainchild: remove doors from the bathroom stalls to completely eliminate any semblance of student privacy; remove the ceiling so drugs can't be hidden in the tiles; remove privacy protectors from in between urinals even though they are so close together they are literally touching; and appoint a staff member to watch students use the bathroom (remember, no stall doors) at all times.
Other reviews acknowledge the yellow water problem. This too is not an exaggeration by any means - in fact, I believe it was downplayed. The concern regarding the fountain was so serious that worried parents arranged to have it tested (the administration exhibited no concern whatsoever, and actively gaslighted the student population into believing there was no discoloration). The results: inconclusive, further tests would have to be issued. These tests were never completed.
Crumbling infrastructure aside: most teachers were astoundingly ignorant of the material they were designated to teach. They did indeed choose favorites, just as the administration did. I was lucky to be on the good end of these favorites. AP teachers were usually the exception - most were surprisingly competent. The school also offered a surprising amount of AP's for its rural location and income level. These classes were also surprisingly well attended.
Next is a rather touchy subject. I am all for the equal treatment and accommodation of students of all intelligence levels. However, presumably due to lack of funding, the school had no place to accommodate the mentally handicapped and those slow at learning. The school's solution was to put these students in a small room at the center of the school, next to a lot of classrooms. These students constantly screamed and made bird noises, and their door was left open so that most of the school could hear this at all times. Oftentimes, they would wander into our rooms and interrupt class, their attendants nowhere to be seen, and would not leave for the rest of the period. I have never been so distracted in my life, and the school needs to stop sweeping these students under the rug and treat them like human beings, and give them a healthy environment in which to learn.
All in all, this is still probably the best school in Lebanon county, which is probably the largest contributing factor to its mediocrity. Rather than pushing its students to excel, Cedar Crest is content at remaining status quo.