Danbury Plan in Monument at Reverence by Pulte Homes
Las Vegas, NV 89138

This school was horrible and did not do right by our child in kindergarten.Education: Our child is advanced and we put a lot of time into teaching them on our own. When we met with the principle at the beginning of the year we were promised that they would have (1) special dedicated time using a math learning program that was adjusted to their level and (2) at least weekly reading groups. The math program did not happen once and the reading group stopped after about 1-2 months and never resumed. We raised concerns repeatedly and every promise they made never happened. We eventually accepted that school this year was for social time, we would teach them at home, and they could go to a new school next year. By the end of the year there were other kids in the class that still didn't know the alphabet or letter sounds!Teacher/Staff: The teacher left after a month and they then gave us a series of rotating "permanent" teachers. They kept promising that they were permanent but inevitably after 1-2 months they would change again. One was so bad that the teachers own mother (a former teacher themselves) had to come in and help. The teachers gave ZERO attention to our child. Our year end report card to summarize how he did for the year was clearly copy and pasted for every student - nothing specific to him and just generic recommendations to practice things he could do two years ago. The teacher additionally couldn't handle a couple disruptive students and literally did not allow them to run at recess.They did construction all year and had them in/out of portables. There were homeless coming out of one of the sewer tunnels next to the school. The office does not pick up or return calls. You have to physically show up in person to get anything done. I could write an entire essay about how terrible this school was but just suffice it to say: they did not care about our child and they did not do right by them.Never send your child here!

I did not get any food because they changed the menu last minute!

Education: For me, I'm not too disappointed with the education I got as an AP/IB student. The upper level teachers are pretty motivated and supportive (especially the AP STEM department), and have helped me achieve admission into my reach schools. As for the Honors/Regular coursework experience, I've heard horror stories of teachers openly allowing students to fail, not showing up to class, making weird sexual remarks, and disappearing midway through the year. Administration: Yikes. There's one person in the upper administration who publicly shames the students, pretty much harassing them for minor faults like dress code, jogging around (4 minute passing time for such a big campus is pretty diabolical), and just having harmless play with friends. I honestly AVOIDED them like the black plague and everyone else did too, except the kids that purposely tried to get on their good side. The other admins are pretty cool, I got to know them while I did office aide and they're generally good people. Many don't like the principal, but I think she is just fine.Social: In my experience, the social culture is a hit or miss. Generally speaking, the kids aren't very open minded. Your best bet of finding your friends is to join a group of some sort (sport/music/arts/etc) in freshman year. Very cliquey. I found that its quite easy to get singled out, it often feels like you know everyone but majority of the time, they're emotionally unavailable. For the amount of people at this school, you'll only find a very select few to socially connect with. OVERALL: Palo wasn't the worst, but definitely not the best. I've had good and bad times, and have made memories I'll forever cherish here, but if I were to reel back time, would I choose it again? Most likely not.