My child attended this school for several years and I am truly disappointed in the staff. Majority of the staff is very rude and not knowledgeable and unprofessional. There is no real structure and the teachers are not trained or care to provide a safe learning environment. Most of the time when you
... Read more go and visit most of the Teachers are no where to be found and when you do find one they are somewhere other than where they need to be. To be honest it seems as if anyone can be a Teacher there. No good quality teachers there that actual can teach the students. A good quality daycare is ran better than there. The students are out of control you can not blame the students look at the Staff. I pray that I can find my child another school before next year. Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/18/09
I truly like this school. My son goes here & his teacher Ms.A. is great, She takes time to talk to the kids not just at them. I couldn't have asked for a more caring group of professionals.
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Posted by a parent on 05/01/09
My Child is in 5th grade,and this is her first year.There and so far she has not lerned nothing her teacher is nice.But the kids are trabble so it make's her unable to learn.So i'm trying to find another school.
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Posted by a parent on 10/27/08
My child is in pre-k 3. I like the way the teachers are teaching the children, however the teachers talk with an ethnic slur and the administration is very unprofessional. To this day I have never seen the principal Lasonia Russell. All schools I know usually have a principal at the school, but not
... Read more at Metro. The way you are suppose to get in contact with the principal is to leave her a voice message and she in return is suppose to call you back. I had a situation at the school that I needed to talk to the principal about. I left her a voice message and needless to say absolutely no response. Another problem I have is that there is not a real nurse on duty at Metro the the secondary school. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/07/07
This is our first year at Metro Academy. I enjoyed the school and the teachers and administration. My son and some of his friends attend Metro Academy. Every morning my son says he is tired but he never says he doesn't want to go to school. I supoort Metro Academy in many ways and I would recommend Metro
... Read more Academy to anyone. Many people depend on others to educate their children. I believe that the church and school are supposed to assist the parents in raising their kids, not the other way around. Read less
Posted by a parent on 10/02/07
My daughter is in Pre-K 3 and she is learning social skills with other children, learning her letters, numbers and alphabet and she is learning how to write. It can't get any better than that!
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Posted by a parent on 09/26/07
This is a another round here at MCA. I hope this one is different. Parents get involved and do not let our children be taken advantage of by those who think doing enough to get by is okay. We expect and should want the best for our children. Teachers should respect our children and our children do the
... Read more same. Who monitors the teachers? Are the credentials up to date and do they have the passion and compassion to teach? What is the motivation and drive they're passing on to our children? I hope they frequent this web page and answer or read the reviews. Is is to late for the standards to be raised and the bar set high. Look at the schools in certain zip codes and see what they're being taught and the goals that are set. What is the mission here? I pray we receive the very best. Read less
Posted by a former student on 11/09/06
My kids attended metro and I noticed that the school was run by the board members who served more that 3 years and made very poor decisions about the children education needs. The director and principal did not have any authority. Hopefully the new principal will fun the school like it should be run..
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Posted by a parent on 08/22/06
i was very unsatisfied with this school. there was very little communication among the teachers and parents, their meal program was ridiculous. my child would show me what they were serving, and it wasn't enough to fill an ant. it did not contain the basic four food groups on a daily basis, and they
... Read more didn't have enough books for everyone.where does the taxes that parents pay go towards at that school? we will be definitely be attending another school next year Read less
Posted by a parent on 06/01/06
My children attended this school and I was very disappointed in the leadership (both faculty and administration). There was no library or working science lab. The parents are not involved unless there is a problem. They did have a very good music teacher, but no active program like strings or band,
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School Profile for Metro Academy Of Math and Science
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Student enrollment:
401
Students per teacher:
29
Full-time teachers:
14
Number of classrooms:
20
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Art
Computer Science
Computer Science
Vocational Education
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Gifted and Talented
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specific academic aptitude or talent in one area such as mathematics or language arts;
creative and productive thinking, the ability to produce new ideas;
leadership ability, the ability to direct individuals or groups to a common decision or action;
visual and performing arts, special talents in visual art, music, dance, drama, or other related studies;
psychomotor ability, such as practical, spatial, mechanical, and physical skills.
Vocation/Technical Curriculum
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Special Education Classes
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Adult Education Classes
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English as Second Language
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