Grace Christian Academy

This was a wonderful school - several years ago. Over the past few years the overall quality has plummeted, teacher turnover has soared, and the administration has begun lying to parents.

There are virtually no entrance requirements any more - meaning that they've started taking (and keeping) children rejected from public school. Bullying is rampant and almost totally ignored by the staff. Some of it could easily be classified as sexual harassment or even assault.

Most teachers turn a blind eye to it - or in some cases actually participate! The administration stonewalls addressing it because they've "never heard of the problem". The interesting thing is that they have told *multiple* parents (each at different times) that this was the first they've heard of the problem. The headmaster finally told us that there's nothing he can do to the primary bully except for assigning lunch detention because the bully's parents are friends with "people in power" at Grace Church (the owner of the school). The most severe reprimand given so far was to suspend one single friend of the primary bully for a day.

For its part (besides protecting bullies) Grace Church has started trying to hijack student programs (e.g., the Spring program) for promotional purposes. When parents filled out the form denying consent, the administration threatened some of the students with their grades.

When the lack of supervision got so bad that several parents started withdrawing their children, the administration lied to the parents about homeschooling. They tried to make the parents believe that it may be illegal for them to homeschool their children. With only 5 weeks left in the school year, they told at least one parent that if they withdrew their 6th grade child, that the child may have to repeat the grade. This is in addition to them continuing to charge tuition after the child was withdrawn.

This is absolutely despicable behavior. The current administration is rotten to the core and has lost its way. It is weak, wholly ineffective, deceitful, and can no longer be trusted with our children.

It is my prayer that the people responsible for running the school are replaced and that new management can turn things around.

Until then, I *highly* recommend looking elsewhere for a Christian school.

CLCS is a great school because it helps me know more about Christ and realize how important He is in my life. I can study in a good academic and spritual school is a strong fountain for me in future life.