Fernley High School

Posted: March 7, 2026

I would never recommend you put your students in this school. very few teachers actually care for students and how they feel. I went through 1.5 years here and cannot express how much I hated every bit of it. the gym teacher is horrible and doesn't seem to care for the emotional well-being of her students. almost every math teacher besides the exception for one is horrible and doesn't teach. I'm not going to name names or anything but the one I had specifically didn't teach us anything and just gave us packets, I don't want to seem like the usual student that plays around and doesn't listen and then blames the teacher, because I am definitely not that. I am a quiet person that (usually) keeps to myself and this teacher especially made it very difficult to learn. she never explained anything, and acted more as a friend to the students. (let students joke around, go on phones, and just be loud during important things like finals/tests.) to sum it all up basically no teacher here is GREAT. I have only had partially okay experiences with some. A big complaint I have is the way the special education teachers treat the special education kids. (not all, but some) would ignore them and let them do whatever. i have had multiple friends be harassed (touched, verbally harassed) by some of the special education kids, and when told about it they never cared. I would not recommend this school if you value your children's well-being and education.

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Posted: March 10, 2023

I've already gone through four years of this school and in that time I have witnessed a lot of really horrible things like the male P.E. teacher staring at young female students while exercising and the male P.E. teacher walking into the female locker room while they are changing there is also the instance of when making a small mistake in certain classrooms you get nothing but attitude from the staff and teachers you can do very little and in some classrooms you can't even look or be near your phone I understand not wanting your students to be distracted by their phone but if there's an emergency and your family can't contact the school to contact the student they will need their phone now yes there have been some amazing teachers who deserve the respect of their students and 90% of the time those good teachers actually get the respect they deserve but as for all the other teachers they act as if they are owed the respect of the students just because they are teachers and staff members and when they arent given the respect they think they deserve they no longer treat you like a normal person they will have a constant attitude with anyone that has not given them respect and treat them horribly just like in my experience I am the type of person who only gives my respect to people who earned it or prove that they deserve it and that was only about 4 or 5 teachers in the entire time I have ever gone to any of fernleys schools and all of the other staff and teachers I did not give my respect to have treated me like I was worth less than every other student there take for example what happened in my senior year we had ACT tests coming up and we had been preparing for a couple of weeks on what would be going on during the testing day but as soon as the day came and myself along with a friend went to follow what we were told we were stopped and met with nothing but attitude for trying to do what we had prepared to do and in returned i had given that staff member attitude for acting like that and some how that staff member is still considered one of the nicest people here while i got punished and while in my punishment "aka apep" i was doing my work all class and had been told in the middle of the day to turn my computer and when i failed to completely do it i was asked again but the computer hit the wall on accident and was treated with nothing but attitude for a mistake so i than gave them attitude back and was punished again without being able to explain

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Posted: January 2, 2019

My experience as a parent of Fernley High School was awful. Unless your child is a star athlete, stay as far away as possible. Pay out of pocket for private schooling or even home school your child. This is the worst school that Lyon County offers and knowing now what my son and daughter went through, I wish I would have moved to Reno. LCSD should be ashamed of themselves. No wonder Fernley has a problem with youth discipline and suicide rates.

If you absolutely must use this high school, don't use the teachers I mentioned negatively.

Posted: January 2, 2019

Posted: January 2, 2019

Teachers at Fernley High School are of very poor quality, with the exception of a few of the long-time veterans (Mr. JF McCullar, Mrs. Candy Borda, Mr. John Grace). My son was harassed by Mr. Steve McCarthy for his health issues and disciplined for them. When approaching administration, they brushed it off and acted like nothing happened.

Posted: January 2, 2019

Absolutely not. All staff should lead by example. Very few here do. If you don't have something of value to offer FHS, they treat you like a second hand citizen.

Posted: January 2, 2019

I will say that FHS does have staff that vouches for students with learning differences. Staff will most of the time try to alter their teaching strategies to accommodate a student's learning capabilities.

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Posted: March 18, 2018

I hate it I’m only a freshman and I already wanna drop out

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Posted: April 23, 2012

The dress code is getting out of hand. I understand no spaghetti straps ect., I also understand the two finger strap rule. Now it's no sleeveless tops. They must be at least cap sleeves. Even in the sixies, it was considered appropriate to wear short sleeve shirts. At 80 or 90 degrees the only thing on those kids minds is how hot they are.. While after much effort, the latest policy of having to have sweater type coverings over your prom and winterfest dresses was changed just in time. . Modesty certainly is appreciated but antiquated dress codes are just plain silly . On the other hand the school in general is pretty good. Good school spirit. The prinicpal is great and some of the vice principals are wonderful, as well as a large group of the teachers. Not allowing hugging between your friends on shcool grounds is silly. I do understand they don't want kids making out on the grounds, but a hand slap or a quick hug with your girl or boyfriend and is not offensive as far as I can tell. A lot of the teachers are fantastic. Others have a problem s with communication. The many events offered at school helps with the camaraderie between the teachers, kids and parents. .