The school, which sits on about 10 acres off Neil Road, is fed by nine elementary schools from southeast and south suburban Reno, as far south as Pleasant Valley Elementary. In the last five years, gang violence has become nonexistent. Discipline problems of all sorts have fallen.
Test scores are up, and climbing.
Principal Hans Sheurer takes a positive stance regarding the school, preferring to talk about its future rather than its past, though he agrees that Pine's reputation needed a good scrubbing-out. The school doors have stayed open. An August barbecue welcomes all new students, and an open house later in the school year gives each class a chance to show off for their parents. Use of this site signifies agreement to our terms of service . We want your feedback .