Do not recommend parents to sign up their child to this school. It all starts from the top .. administration is horrible, will not take the time to speak to you about a concern. Promises to get back to you at a specific timely matter only to not give you answers. Even after trying to reach out to them, and showing up to the school that your child's goes to (Manatee Charter) they are quick to consider parents trespassing. Not every child is disciplined equally. They're quick to suspend children without reaching out to parents about on an incident that occurred the day of but will get in contact with parents several days after. No classroom structure. Teachers do not communicate well with parents! My child fell behind on a week's worth of work because the teacher will not include us on the classroom email . I even sent messages on dojo and on students planner about it was told that the test wouldn't count. Our biggest concern was not the test, but the fact that our child wouldn't fall behind amongst the rest of the students. The school over all is not organized. Students are not being monitored, they're roaming around school grounds. They're short staffed. Several parents were shocked on how many staff's they had this school year 2023-2024 compare to last school years. The school is now on principle #2. Several of us parents were told from former employees to have our kids removed from this school asap, we wished we would have done it sooner. No recomiendo a los padres que inscriban a sus hijos en esta escuela. Todo comienza desde arriba... la administración es horrible, no se toman el tiempo para hablar con usted sobre una inquietud. Promete comunicarse con usted en un momento específico y oportuno solo para no darle respuestas. Incluso después de intentar comunicarse con ellos y presentarse en la escuela a la que asiste su hijo (Manatee Charter), rápidamente consideran que los padres están invadiendo la propiedad. No todos los niños reciben la misma disciplina. Se apresuran a suspender a los niños sin comunicarse con los padres sobre un incidente que ocurrió en ese mismo día, pero se comunicarán con los padres varios días después. Sin estructura de aula. ¡Los profesores no se comunican bien con los padres! Mi hijo(a) se retrasó en el trabajo de una semana porque el maestro no nos incluye en el correo electrónico del salón de clases. Incluso envié mensajes al dojo y a la agenda de los estudiantes, me dijeron que el examen no contaría. Nuestra mayor preocupación no era el examen, sino el hecho de que nuestro hijo(a) se quedara atrás con respecto al resto de los estudiantes. La escuela en general no está organizada. Los estudiantes no están siendo monitoreados, están deambulando por los terrenos de la escuela. Tienen pocos maestros e empleados. Varios padres se sorprendieron al saber la cantidad de personal que tenían este año escolar 2023-2024 en comparación con los años escolares anteriores. La escuela ahora está en su segundo principal . Varias personas ex empleados nos dijeron a varios de nosotros, los padres que sacáramos al nuestros hijos de esta escuela lo antes posible, deseamos haberlo hecho antes. read more

I would give zero stars but that's not an option so one has to do. I went to the school when I was in kindergarten up until I was in the third grade, it was good my first two years but when I got to second and third it got really bad. Their food was always undercooked. It was full on disgusting. The teachers and the staff were so disrespectful and rude for no apparent reason. the bathrooms and classrooms were always dirty. It was just an overall really bad school. also when I left in the third grade, the school was at a -D grade, so I don't think that made it any better. read more

My daughter attends 1st grade at this school, and I would totally recommend it. The school has a beautiful facility, and it's very clean; it is also extremely safe. The curriculum and resources are excellent. The school staff and teachers genuinely care about students, and the school's administration holds monthly activities to keep parents involved; communication is excellent. Another great thing is that lunch is completely free for all students, that certainly makes difference in a family's budget. There's a lot of free opportunities for the kids throughout the year, like Spring and Summer camp, completely free too!!! Everybody in the school is very nice, I'm glad my kid can attend here until 8th grade, we are very happy! read more

My daughter has been going here for two years and is having a good experience. It all depends on the teacher you have. I like the teacher she has this year, very communicative and invests the extra time into making learning fun again. Last year was a bit different because there was a very large student to teacher ratio, and things became very overwhelming with COVID and having to switch to mobile learning. There was no schedule and half the time, the teacher had internet issues or something else going on that prevented the students form participating in class altogether. I am happy with the curriculum my daughter is learning this year. The school ensures to focus on each individual student's needs to prevent those who need help from falling behind. I think Ms. Brett has done a wonderful job as principal and has really transformed the school. I'm glad I mad the choice to enroll my daughter here. read more