Leading Edge Academy at East Mesa

Both of my children attend here. The new principal is amazing and has done wonderful things in the short time he’s been there.
We do wish that they would’ve had a new building for the high school however they are more than accommodating. in today’s world that the educational system is a mess as a whole Leading Edge is striving to do better and better every year

I will tell you at first Leading Edge, was great. I use tell people about it. I loved the school. I do not do that now. I have begun to hate it. I feel that once a kid gets on a bad list and they are stereo typed as such that is where they stay and it follows them every year. So being said this is a small school and same kids same teaches. This class has had the worst time since 2nd grade. That teacher did it she drew the line these kids are good and these kids are bad. So those kids that unfortunately got on that list of bad kids have never been able to redeem themselves. Because I also feel this school is pro-girl a lot of the teachers are impartial to the girls. So again it makes it hard for this core group that has made the bad list. They all made it to 3rd grade and that teacher although she tried so hard, it was still hard they were still separated as good and bad. Tell me how would feel not only do you get bullied by the good kids (and they don’t get caught) but you get bullied by colored charts. Because when you retaliate against the bully and they start it you get in trouble so that is where that colored chart comes in, clip down, clip down. So if they here that all day long a core group and the so called good kids get by with it, who cares right? Why try anymore, the child already feel like a looser.
And now you do pass 3rd and you go on to 4th and the same thing day in and day out same bullies different teacher. Different system in sending that bad mark, it is thru email sort of. Then they are also punished by losing recess, on that same issue. But, they not only get it once but get it twice. I know what your, thinking how do I know the good kids don’t get punished to I don’t, but I do know what my child has gone thru in 3 years and if I could take the pain away pain away. Or make is heart stop hearting sometimes because this will go on next year if I don’t make a change. And it’s sad. I guess why I am writing this review is because of this last issue there was a letter that was sent home on 4/10/2018 and it was for the parent to sign. It said that they were struggling with behavior issues and other things in the classroom and it should not be that way by now it’s almost the end of the year. And the reason for the letter was because they were planning a field trip on 5/16/2018 almost a mo later. So look at it this way it give them enough time to rule out all the bad kids’ right including mine.
So my thought is why not just medicate all the little children, if you want robots? That’s what you want right? You want them to toe the line you want them not talk, (so they get excited and blurt out an answers) next you will expel them for that. Why even have recess they might hurt the teacher. And not hear the whistle come on what happened to just telling little Johnny to stay on task it worked for me. School sucks and I am sorry for the core set of Bad stereo typed kids maybe they just want to belong.
Thanks for what making child feel like crap most of the time.