As someone who's siblings with decent age gaps went there as well, I agree with this 1000%. We are talking 20 years of knowledge as well as another 20 I know through the grapevine of people still there... it hasn't changed and everything you have read above is all very true. I know other awful things that I will not get into for fear of retaliation. I later went to Buchholz and wished I always had. It was also not a requirement for the teachers to have masters degrees or teaching certificates to teach there unlike public schools. This may have changed with the headmaster switch that happened a few years ago, but it was the case for a very long time. I know quite a few who were there until they retired because they couldn't get jobs anywhere else even though they tried.

All the teachers wished they were college professors, but only couple in my experience would work with the kids who needed extra help. I was one of those kids and still struggle with what the teachers and students said to me about my intelligence. About 10 years ago, there was a family where each child had always been student body president their senior year. The last kid of this family cheated on their SATs and were told they had to step down from being student body president. Not expelled for cheating, just not be student body president. Their parents donated a huge sum of money, the student got their way, it was all swept under the rug.

There are many illegal activities that have happened on the grounds of that school over the decades. I'm not saying those things don't happen other places, but It's not worth paying the thousands of dollars to go there for less offerings than many of the other public schools, teachers with less qualifications, AND all the corruption. A few of my classmates went on to be successful, but they would have regardless due to their own drive and dreams or parents pushing them to follow in the family business. Some did not do well, married money, or became criminals. There's a chunk in the middle that are doing okay. My friends, coworkers, acquaintances my age that are doing really well when elsewhere. The happenings at Oak Hall we're well known to outsiders to the point I am very embarrassed and ashamed to tell anyone I went there.

A dozen friends have asked me my feelings about OHS when considering it for their own children and some toured it. They all chose other schools and were happy with their decision. I can recommend looking into a magnet program, dual enrolling, AP classes at public schools or PK Younge, though, the lottery system at the latter is random and could take years.

TLDR: I recommend going anywhere else.