Step Charter II

This is not a school I would recommend for anyone’s child. First, it is not a supportive environment. The teachers will find everything wrong with your child that they can first and begin to “report” the smallest issues to you. The smallest things, such as them assuming things about your child. For example, say your child didn’t “look at them a certain way” or “your child slid into his chair today”. I can't make this stuff up. It gets worse. The accusations about your child get worse. You start to feel that your child is being bullied by the staff. You try to voice your concerns about how when a teacher constantly reports nothing but negative about your child, you begin to think that something else is going on. Your words get turned around into them saying that you don’t want to hear about how your child is doing at all. Taking it a step further, imagine you decide to try to conduct a meeting with the principal, and surprise. You find out she can’t even hold a conversation without being rude and your child gets called things worse. Ok. You take it a step further. Superintendent level. Everything then gets turned around on you. You basically get told everything that you said was a lie. You hear about how long they have all been knowing each other. You get told that everything the staff says must be true and you get a fake apology about “sorry our school wasn’t a fit for your child”. This is sad and a very unprofessional way to run a business. The parents have no voice. If you have any concerns, they will not be addressed. In the end, the problem will most definitely end up being you and your child. The staff apparently never does any wrong at this school. Whatever they say is deemed true. Their word against you and your child. I don’t know if it was the lying by adults who manage children daily that got to me, or the fact that everything that was first reported about your child got extra added toward the end. I hope this review saves a parent and child from mental agony and unwanted stress. There are too many other schools and resources besides settling for this school. Your child deserves better. They deserve a better place to receive their education. Referencing the previous review about, “walking on eggshells”, that is exactly what it begins to feel like. When your child starts complaining of headaches most days after school, I am sure it is because of the mental stress of them being in trouble for not looking to the left or blinking a certain way.