743 W Raintree Ct
Louisville, CO 80027

Very disappointed with Monarch K-8 --- in my experience this feels like a school where teaching is a "lifestyle choice" rather than a calling. This school is in a very affluent area, it has the resources, yet it cannot rise above simple mediocrity. Rather than focus on challenging it's students --- driving growth/exploration of subjects --- really allowing intelligent / motivated kids to thrive --- it instead chooses to let those kids meander / get bored with learning overall --- while throwing all of it's resources (100% of it's parent donations) on kids hovering on the bottom decile of intellectual ability. It really feels like all that is wrong with US Public education today --- overlook sharp / focused kids --- while allowing disruptive kids free reign to behave badly --- and teach to the bottom of the class.

If your children is a self-motivated learner who is the “popular” type of student who teachers like, they will do well. If you have a child outside the box, it will be a nightmare especially if they are needing special needs and need effective curriculum management and accommodations. This includes 504 plans. We graduated a while ago and the SSN program was an absolute nightmare. Just sitting in a classroom holding hands and being nice and good is not education.. it is a holding spot. Special Ed students, especially those that are SSN and 504 students deserve more. This school may send students to top notch trophy colleges, but they fail to properly educate a significant number of their students.

My dyslexic child was bullied, over taxed with improper learning styles and never given the proper level of care given his IEP.