My son has been attending CVMS since the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year and I have to say so far I am not impressed. My husband and I have both had issues with one of the teachers. For instance my son was informed his musical instrument had been stolen from the school. After several phone calls to try to talk to the teacher involved, my husband finally spoke with the Assistant Principal. She told him the teacher in question said he had called my husband about the missing instrument, which was a total LIE! No one from the school had called either of us. Finally my husband INSISTED we wanted the serial numbers of the other instruments checked for verification my son's was stolen. They found my son's instrument at the school. His trombone had been given to another student. After a call to the music store we found out they had not even delivered the other child's instrument. A few weeks later I received an email stating some mandatory paperwork was missing. I filled it all out myself and my son said he had turned it all in together with several checks. After checking our bank account and seeing the checks had all been cashed, I questioned the person who claimed paperwork was missing. The teacher involved then admitted my son was not missing paperwork at all; it had just not been processed, yet. Now, I received an invoice for private lessons. What do you know? One of the checks we wrote to the school for the very first lesson is missing from the invoice. This past Friday there was a 6th grade social, and I have to admit, I didn't get to the school until a few minutes past 6:15. I could make excuses, but I was late and admit it. My son was told that morning when he bought his ticket if he wasn't picked up by 6:15 he would be banned from the spring social. By the way, no one informed me of the 6:15 or banned "rule." A 6th grader has no control over his parents. You punish a child for his parent's actions??? According to the school's own handbook a child has to be picked up no later than 20 minutes past an event. The AP obviously doesn't even know what the school's handbook says because when my husband questioned her about the 6:15 "rule" and told her the handbook says 20 minutes past an event, she had the audacity to argue with him. She needs to read the handbook...it plainly states 20 minutes! This school has a total lack of communication between teachers and administration. They also have terrible communication with the parents. This is the most unorganized group of individuals I have had the displeasure to meet!! It's all about the money with them!! read more
