A. R. Johnson Health Science and Engineering Magnet School 1324 Laney Walker Boulevard, Augusta, GA 30901

"prepares students for the future in a progressive way but as a result can be stressful and less forgiving. Most of the teachers are great and will do everything in their power to see you rightfully pass while the minority of teachers will expect you to know how to do everything by yourself."

"I quite enjoy my school. Yes it is not perfect but I would argue it is as close as you can get to it. The teachers they employ at Johnson are top tier. Most of the teachers that are employed care about the student. Most other reviews I have read about this school have complained about the work but the work in comparison to many other schools such as Davidson is miniscule. ARJ will prepare you for your future. Even though it could be argued that it is not fun because we do not have the same selection of clubs and sports as other schools. This effect is mitigated because the clubs and sports we do have are the best at having fun anywhere in the county. In Summary ARJ is my school and I love my school."

"There are some Amazing Teacher's at ARJ, how ever the big guys on the upper level, cares less what happens in a students life or health and will pile them up with work, detentions,and or even kick them out. Summer school was completed for my child to regain his credits, then we got a call that he could never return due to him not completing all of his credits and he didn't pass the grade level. He went to a new school that told us he had all of his credits and he was placed back in honor classes with his new school. Our family had been through so much. They care about what you can do far as money."

"This school is an absolute prison currently. For me, a student that currently has been here for 3 years and planning on leaving next year(for good reason) can say this school was pleasant before we got or new vice(or assistant, whatever you want to call him) principal. People may use the excuse "this is teaching us responsibility" or "this is because of the rcboe." Though in my opinion, this is just because of "him" wanting more power over the school and making our lives more (excuse my language) hell than it already is. There is now new rule where you HAVE to be out of school by 3:20 to your destination or it's detention no questions asked. Now usually I would not complain about a change like this if it weren't difficult to fulfill this demand. The bell rings at 3:11, my locker is on the other side of the school from the exit. It was 3:20 on the dot and I'm about to leave when I literally get stopped in the middle of the hallway by staff letting me know I have detention. I'll let you think about that on your own, but it can't only be me that thinks that's completely unruly and unnecessary punishment. Another issue is the mental health this school is giving us. I'm pretty sure you can already tell, we are given too much work with little time on our hands and that's really how depression starts. ON TOP OF THAT, you are expected to get a full night's rest, show up to school on time, not fall asleep in class, get all of your work done, and study. You know you could believe me when I say some of us are staying up past 12 getting all of our work (and possible studying done.) We are expected to show up on time with less than 6 hours of sleep, and keep a good attendance. The new Vice(or like I said before, assistant) Principal is just making this school an even worse place than it already was. I won't go into detail of how, but I'll just say that more strictness doesn't mean you'll get something better out of us, you'll just tear us apart not only mentally but physically. How about instead of caring about the "quality" and "ranking" of your school, you think about the students and how they will feel for a second. Than maybe this school wouldn't be such a prison for us and we both can be happy. : ) -mari, the somewhat salty student that plans on escaping this jail cell"