Class of 2029 this school is cool but some teachers and admin are racist but thats​ the usual here…read morein texas.

This is soo bad like the restrooms are broken u don't even care. teachers taking us to the office…read morefor no reason, making us Watch the same presentation for the stupids question what a wasting time.

My teen is in their second year at Griffin and we feel so grateful for this school. The staff is…read moreamazing and have been so supportive. I feel they genuinely care about my child and they are very responsive. It is also really wonderful to have a place where kids are encouraged to be themselves. The education is also top notch - challenging, but not overloading kids with homework and busywork. Class sizes are very small and teachers get to know each child.

You know how sometimes you think it would be fun to try a new hobby but then decide it's equally…read morefun and less trouble to have drinks with friends instead? Art+Wine night provides a solution to this dilemma. Show up with your favorite wine and whatever art skills you do (or don't) possess and Natalya will provide all the supplies and knowledge you need to paint something worthy of displaying in your home. The website shows the project that will be taught on each date so you can pick and choose which nights you want to sign up for. The classes are small which allows Natalya to give everyone individualized instruction. I've been to four Art+Wine nights and I see SO much improvement since my first painting! I had never used oil paint and after taking a 2 session oil class I left with a legit fruit bowl painting. Artists of all skill levels come to Art+Wine night and everyone learns something new or improves their technique. It's a great way to spend a Friday night and accomplish something while drinking!

Had to google this to leave my review, that's how bad it is. But glad to see there are others…read more The boys are ok. The girls are exceptional. Meanwhile in this society boys get five stars for existing, while girls get a mediocre applause for being exceptional. I'm so sick of this shit. Why do the choir ladies fawn on the boys so much? It's sick. Every director or other person who is presenting always talks about how the boys are their favorite. They literally say that. To the point that you were BOOed by the audience while praising the boys as your favorite. The audience is done - are you even listening? Can we please stop coddling the boys and finally give the girls the recognition they deserve?

Terrible! I agree with "Lauryn D". The dress code is really stupid and the new assistant principal…read morehas been dress coding people in front of the whole school in a rude way. I do not like the new assistant principal. She is really rude and strict. Also last year there was a teacher who broke a kid's personal device because he was playing in class (he shouldn't have been, but the teacher overreacted). I think the school could be way better. The last thing is on the bus, you have to sit in assigned seats. Our bus driver asked us who we wanted to sit with, then purposely didn't put us with our friends. Also, one time I had my leg in the aisle and she immediately put me all alone in the front of the bus.

This school is not ghetto. People who do dumb actions and are highly immature make this image…read morehappen. This school and education had a great impact on my life to the point where I'm near to pursue my dream of becoming a officer. Thank you for the tips each teacher has given me.

Graduated from this High School almost going 2 years ago. Del Valle High School, has so much…read morepotential and is only growing more & more year by year , for it being a 23 year old high school it's huge and looks modern till this day. The only issue is the environment making this school looking bad, and planting the wrong thing here. Not everyone here is bad trouble but that's the only reason why Del Valle is looked at the way it is. Started out here whenever Del Valle made the first sports facility in a high school in the nation!! I was lucky and really surprised to get to be able to workout and play sports here at the facility when it opened. Del Valle is a awesome B rated school and I believe will continue to get better by the future. "The sun shines bright even in the darkest times!"

This school is no good! The superintendents are useless when it comes to the safety of our…read morechildren. My daughter was left in the cold at one of the elementary schools because she was an hour late. I'm thankful I sat there because it was told to me by one of the staff she would have stayed out there. I don't understand why they hire these people who don't put our children first. I've had so many issues with this school which is why I'm looking into homeschooling. I've even tried attaching the board members to my emails and no response. They just don't care anymore and it's scary.

I currently have kids at Manor High, Manor New Tech MS, and Manor Elementary. I am very happy with…read morethe communication with the teachers at all 3 schools. Manor ISD is constantly learning from mistakes, and always working to improve. I strongly recommend MISD school district.

Manor High School gets 5 stars in my book!!! I have twins who will be juniors this new school year…read moreand have been attending Manor High School since 9th grade. Manor High is such a GREAT school for so many reasons but for me as a parent of 3 kids w/ 2 of them being twins the thought of college costs can be very scary!! BUT Manor High School has partnered up with the ACC in Elgin to offer a free early college program which my twins are in the first class of the Early College program & through this program students can earn an Associates degree by the time they graduate from high school & let me repeat.. This program is FREE!!! All tests, books, courses, bus rides to Elgin ACC, ect ALL FREE!! And not to mention the support for the students is awesome!! Manor ISD as a whole is really growing & I just love how the schools bring in programs for the students to be a part of & to be more supported. Now I'm not saying Manor High is perfect but I am saying as a parent my experience w/ Manor High School is that I do feel that during the times I did have an issue or concern I was heard, which means so much! As a parent of 16 year old boy/girl twins who are in 11th grade it really helps to know that if I ever need extra support or have concerns about my kids schooling that I can reach out to someone at MHS to get that support! Anyone with teenagers knows that sometimes us parents need ALL the help we can get to make sure our kids stay on the right path & to let them know that they can reach for the stars!! And to help us parents not lose our minds or strangle, I mean squeeze ;-) our kids! Happy 2016/2017 school year!! Manor High School Rocks!!!

They have their struggles for sure - but not all teachers are bad. My daughter is a teacher there…read moreand she works long hours to make the learning experience a great one. There are some that shouldn't be teaching - Just like EVERY school. Kids in general are out of control and many have no parental support. if people want to complain, step up anc volunteer, sub, mentor - these are all our kids And teachers are all way underpaid and overworked.

Wow, what can I say, I feel like we won the jackpot when we found Magellan. our daughter started in…read moreKindergarten and although she isn't very good at adapting or transitions, she immediately fell in love with her teachers and school friends.. There are no cliques and no bullying and when we have had issues we have raised them with the teachers and they have jumped on them to solve them immediately, and unlike other private schools there's no sense of entitlement from the parents or students. Also, because the school is so good at awarding scholarships not everyone is 'rich'! The school also has a great parent teacher association which offer weekly meet-ups and play dates as well as adult only events. Each class also has a WhatsApp chat group so parents can easily communicate with each other. If it sounds like one big happy family you'd be right, that's exactly what it feels like. In terms of academics my adhd child has thrived. Diagnosed at 4 we thought she would struggle but the school has been amazing at supporting her needs and accommodating her. They also offer many different seating types from a bouncy ball chair, to cushions on the floor and other such. It's very holistic and non political and offers many diverse ways of learning. They have a calming corner, encourage reading and emotional open communication as well many other ways of teaching emotional and academic intelligence. They teach in Spanish from day one and introduce Mandarin from 3rd grade, they also teach following the international Baccalaureate which is amazing. It teaches the children self confidence through weekly presentations and teaches them autonomy. Honestly this school is amazing and now it goes until 12th grade we are obsessed and so you will be too. But, sshh don't tell anyone about our secret slice of heaven.

My son has attended Magellan since the age of three years old-- he is now in second and we have…read morealready registered him for third grade. Hands down, my husband and I feel it is best decision we have made for his education. Although it can be a bit pricey, we have felt that it has been worth every dollar. He is growing up to be a well spoken, well thought, caring little human. I love that he is bilingual, but I really love his open minded views and his eagerness to learn. The teachers... the teachers have all been so amazing. They are loving, caring and really take each student's personalities and abilities into consideration as they grow from year to year. As I said, it's not the cheapest option and we do discuss yearly if we will be renewing his tuition-- and, with each year this answer comes easier and easier with an astounding "YES". We love the school, the community, the parents and look forward to many more years at Magellan!

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Not as great as it used to be . The classes are bigger, teachers are always leaving . Seems to only…read morecater to certain demographics. Thoroughly disappointing. Our 1st two years were great. Second grade was okay . But when third grade hit it was very disappointing, homeroom teacher was always out . There was no consistency. Curriculum changed teacher did know it . It was awful. Fourth grade just put the nail in the coffin, when A. Child needs help and ask, the teachers response is , I have to take care of so and so because of behavior. It's sad . My child used to love school but after his fourth grade experience I couldn't let him be punished because of overcrowding of 30 students . I wish I would have taken him out sooner , but when teacher start leaving year after year that should tell you something . We went to KIPP AUSTIN CONNECTIONS .

Our daughter attended Kipp Austin Brave. She has Autism and was bullied relentlessly. Last year,…read more'21-22, she did receive assistance with this but that administrator left. This year, '22-'23, we had to pull her out after she was attacked on the bus and in school. NOTHING WAS DONE. She was told that one of the bullies told the admin that SHE wanted to fight the group. Not true. She was told that she would need to document and submit actions against her. She recorded their taunts and other things from her Kindle. One admin would watch it and then say, "It's not enough...". This is a kid with AUTISM. They want HER to submit actions against her??? The bus driver reported the kids as well. Again, aside from giving the group a "warning" nothing was done. Numerous calls went unreturned from the administration- a total of 23! I would leave messages on their answering machine as no one ever answered the phone. This sort of behavior never used to be tolerated at Kipp. Now, it is because of revenue. They are losing students to homeschooling and online school. The social worker there is completely unprofessional, almost laughing when I spoke with her. Never again. We withdrew our daughter and they can keep the problem students. Furthermore, our daughter has an IEP that was not followed. Teachers had resigned and were not replaced. I am a retired educator and understand that there is now a teacher shortage- who could blame them??? However, there was no support for our daughter's learning disabilities. Two of the group who would bully our daughter would go to her 1st-period class just to taunt her. They were not stopped. It is never OK for a child, any child, to be fearful of going to school. It is never OK for the adults at said school to ignore the cries for help from both that child and her parents. These students told our daughter to, 'f-ing kill herself...", they called her awful names, and again, attacked her on the bus and in the hallways of the campus. It took over a WEEK for the bus footage to get pulled. A week. In the meanwhile, these students continued to go after our daughter who was sitting in the front seat of the bus since last year. No more. I would not trust my child in this school system. When numbers and revenue are more important than children, there is a serious problem.

I attended this school some years ago, and it was, and still is, a joke. Will you get a better…read moreeducation here than in public schools? Maybe in regards to math. But will your child leave here better off and prepared for the life ahead of them? No chance. The school is a sheltered island that practices borderline cult-esque ideals of religion and tries to indoctrinate students with a perspective of 'how the world should be' but completely fails to prepare them for how the world actually is. For all the heavily religious people out there, consider this. Roughly half of the students I know who attended Hyde Park no longer believe in God and directly point to this school as one of the primary reasons. I've never been religious but if I was that would be a horrifying statistic to me. And for those who are not religious, this isn't because the school promotes open minded thinking but rather is so far down the evangelical black hole that it ruins religion for most. Oh and if you actually care about the education aspect (which most parents at this school do not and are primarily focused on religion), check where their graduates go to college. The majority of them go to small, relatively obscure colleges because the school is not focused on education, but primarily religion. Students who attend a private school and pay for an elite education should not be struggling to get into Texas A&M if they're just outside of the automatic admit percentile. Yikes. Glad I graduated from a different school.

Since Chris Coy has taken over, this school has zero stability. The turnover on principals,…read moreassistant principals, and teachers is out the roof. They cannot keep teachers on board and they are hiring teachers who are providing poor quality instruction. AP passing rates are terrible. They have continuously increased tuition while creating bogus positions at the school and investing nothing in providing high quality teaching and trying to improve AP passing rates. There are minimal dual credit options for the students. Tuition gets increased and there's zero transparency about it; you find out about the increases when you renew your student's spot at the school. By that time, it's too late to switch schools. Everybody is at a director level position. We now have an Athletic Director for the upper school, an AD for the lower school, and two assistant ADs...for a school this small. Wasted tuition funds paid by parents to fund unnecessary positions, many of which are being filled by unqualified people. There has also been a huge turnover with the coaching staff across multiple sports. They've hired on Phil Dawson as the head football coach. His wife and son are also paid hires at the school. His son is a college kid contributing very little, but on the payroll. His wife, Shannon, is unqualified for the position she was given. Her work history is being a backup singer and writing devotionals. She's now being paid to hold the Director of Athletic Advancement role, and they've even given her an assistant, both of whom are basically doing team mom roles but now getting paid for it. Shannon leads a bible study for women at that school, but she is one of the rudest and nastiest women you will ever meet. Her assistant has talked terrible about kids playing on the lacrosse team. Incredibly negative and rude about other people's kids...even a kid who had signed to play D1 sports. The Dawson clan has come on board and they are cleaning house to create what they want at that school. Total chaos, negativity, and selfish motivations. They fired the softball coach for no reason, the girls basketball coach quit with no notice, and the football staff turnover and boys basketball staff turnover is up. They fired one football/conditioning coach for drug possession and sent out a lengthy note to parents about zero tolerance. A few months later, he was walking the halls again, coaching, and teaching a conditioning class for all athletes in all sports. Zero communication by our so-called Head of School to explain how they went from "he's fired, zero tolerance" to he's back on board in a full time position with direct contact with the students. They removed the Athletic Director and put him into a made up role of Culture and Connection and handed over the reigns to Dawson as the new AD. A second director role for Culture and Connection was also created. The CFO was replaced with someone else before she was even told she was being fired. It's just a disgrace. The Christian curriculum is subpar. There is no focus on how to live in the world but not be of the world. They have gotten so caught up in building a business...they accept troubled kids who have filled that school full of drugs. I am all about accepting trouble kids but it has to be within the means of the school being able to manage, but there is no plan on how to guide these kids once they accept them. They bring them in with no oversight or plan on how to get them back on track...it's just about getting that tuition check. The ones who are relatively on the straight and narrow get pulled into the drugs and poor choices. There are a few excellent staff at that school, but that number has dwindled to hardly any over the past few years. I have never seen such a poorly run institution. Poor leadership and decision-making causes such chaos. At this point, it's all about the money. I pray they regain a focus on investing in the souls of their students and families and that their actions begin to reflect the Word of God.