My daughter went to CRS last year and is returning this year. Her teacher last year was awesome! The school has come along way since opening. My husband and I are looking forward to this school year.
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Posted by a parent on 08/07/09
I love this school, my son is a 1st grader there and he is doing well. The staff is great and the new principal and Mr Griffin really care about the childs education as well as behavior. Thanks for another great year of my sons education.
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Posted by a parent on 04/16/09
I am very satisfied with the Griffin Foundation School. I have looked at other Charters Schools and was not pleased with them. My daughter has a small class and is learning. Her teacher is the best that I could ever ask for. I have recently moved to the south side of Tucson and have looked at another
... Read more Charter School here and was not pleased with it. CRS is a great school and I am hoping to keep my daughter there. Read less
Posted by a parent on 12/11/08
This is a school that has more 'great' to it than meets the eye. For the last 4 years our family has been scattered in many schools looking for schools that we could truly endorse with our children(s) attendance. We think we found it. CRS & FIMS follows through on their rules, has ever increasing
... Read more education expectations of it's students, has clear methods for obtaining these objectives on a student by student bases and offers many well managed perks. I feel confident in it's Admin. to retain effective teachers, to weed out any students/teachers that attend for babysitting and provide learning opportunities and maintain the fundamentals. Even my kids, who were very reluctant to change schools again, are reporting that they are learning more then they had at previous schools and enjoy the 'community'. We think we'll park here. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/09/08
Hmmm. The other reviews are interesting, especially the bad ones. We are not experiencing those things. The class size is about right (25 in the 5th grade). The classrooms are a bit small, but the learning we are seeing in our child is way better than what TUSD had to offer. Plus, they have rules
... Read more that mean something, there is homework most every night, and our child is starting to improve in knowlege and ability. We have enrolled another of our children in the Middle School that is offered, and we are pleased with it as well. Learning is happening. Homework that reinforces the class-work is being assigned. Read less
Posted by a parent on 09/30/08
Worst school ever!!! Horrible administration out for the buck, huge class sizes, tiny rooms, not much in the way of curriculum. Watch out on the pre-enrollment tours they misrepresent everything. My child learner very little here- don't make the same mistake!
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Posted by a parent on 09/18/08
Most class sizes are way too high. Great teachers and office staff but the lack of assistance for better education from the principal is unbelievable. My feeling from my experience is the children are only dollar signs. I have been concerned for the education of not only my child but all students in
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Posted by a parent on 02/14/07
My son spent his 5th grade school year at CRS for reasons unrelated to our satisfaction with his previous school. We had heard that class size was small and that the children excelled. On the 1st day of class, we were disappointed to find that the class size was quite large (a nearby public school had
... Read more closed), that the teacher was new to the school, and that my son's classroom had no windows. Throughout the year my son repeated his teacher's many complaints about the lack of space, materials, and time. My son's previous school had a diverse cultural, economic, and racial mix of students which the faculty extolled as a virtue. Getting along despite differences was a strong part of the behavior code. Unfortunately at CRS where my son was a minority, he was made to feel very uncomfortable socially and developed some negative self images. I do not recommend CRS. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/02/06
Im pleased that this school teaches spanish. I feel that learning a secondary language such as spanish will help my child in achieving his goals.
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Posted by a parent on 03/16/06
My children both attended crs before we moved to another base, and both of them were behind in all their test scores and learning. My son is special needs and his need were not met by crs even after I was assured they would be. Do yourself a favor and do not enroll your child here.
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