1663 E Phebe Ln
Salt Lake City, UT 84108

In my first semester there since I came in late I didn’t get much say about classes, but they wouldn’t put me in any classes with my friend's NOW HANG ON. You might think “well they don’t want you goofing off!” Well. That didn’t turn out to great. I turned so socially awkward, I didn’t make any new friends. And DESTROYED any old ones because of how bad my anxiety got! And then next semester they ignored everything that happened, put me in the same lunch with my friends but damage had already been done, they made me go to see the school counselor (she didn’t help at all btw). But when they found a book of all mg thoughts? They made me come down, do a 20 questions ‘do you like being on this earth!’ Quiz and then scream at my mother to put me in a hospital. They don’t do anything for students who have mental health issues. They force them out of there comfort zones when they’re not ready making them want to hide even more. Force them to talk about things they don’t want to. And don’t care about actually helping! But the teachers are fine, even though some of them are weird and touch you with out permission (only happened to me with one teacher). And with the work they give, Students need more explanation and time doing a assignment. You can’t give a bad explanation and expect us to turn it in, in a week. And when faced against a boy looking in the girls locker room. You know what they did? Nothing! He was suspended for 2 days! Nothing else! And when he continued to harass girls. NOTHING! But when my own friend yells at a kid for saying slurs about LGBTQIA and black people. She gets sent to detention the rest of the day and yelled at.

I am a current student at this school, and throughout my time here i have felt more overwhelmed, isolated and unsupported then i've ever felt. The administration in particular, has constantly been super unhelpful. Whenever I or someone else raises a concern or states an issue their response is almost always, "We'll look into it." Yet no changes ever follow. This pattern has made it very difficult to trust that the students well-being is a genuine concern and priority. While the teachers are wonderful, kind, dedicated, and genuinely care about their students sucess, the overall enviroment at the school is very discouraging. There are ongoing issues in the student body such as instances of racism, which creats a very unwelcoming atmosphere; as well as students making fun of their peers with disabilities. I've never seen these problems adressed in a way that is effective. The physical condition of the school is awful. The building smells super unpleasant, like rotten eggs. I personally have seen rats, and the floors are cleaned once a week maximum. The girls bathroom on the second floor has been closed since the beginning of the school year. None of these problems have seemed to be fixed since they're building a new school. During spring break, I was so happy to be away, I started crying though at the thought of returning and having to be there for another month; which made it very clear to me that staying here is not healthy for me or my mental health. I'm transferring to a different school next year, and based on my time here, I would never recomend this school to others. Although the teachers are amazing, the enviroment doesn't feel safe, supportive, and certainly not welcoming.

Having two children almost completely done with this school has given a lot of insight. The current principal is probably one of laziest, uncaring people. Why is this man in education? Instead of helping students he feels like he has to punish. He literally screamed at the 6th grade classes this year, apologized to the students (for losing his temper but they “deserved it”) to placate them and tried to sweep in under the run by not telling any parents he did in fact yell/scream at them. He has implemented what he calls silent lunch because apparently being “too loud” during the time children are supposed to socialize is not okay. There is a child in the 2nd grade that physical and mentally abuses other children, when parents in this grade tried to address it with him he did nothing even a teacher has been brought to tears by this child, the parents have had to reach out to the district and email the superintendent directly concerning this issue because he fails to address it. This school was awesome when my children first started attending years ago but has definitely gone down hill, I can’t wait for them to be done here. They need to reallocate the currently administration to another school and bring in someone who actually knows what they are doing. The teachers for the most part here, nearly all of them are great, but when the leadership is bad the school fails.

My experience at Innovations Early college isn't the best but i got to live through it. One of the best parts is the freedom we get to work at our own pace. We have our own independent study time that lets catch up if were behind. I would say that the teaching style is not what people would like. For ex in math class , were assigned patterns to do the classwork. Isn't the teacher supposed to explain the lesson. That would be much better and i bet we would also learn better. Science is great. English in also great. But history , like what's even the point of having history class without a teacher teaching. They just make us read alone and do our work alone. C'mon guys! it feels too independent, and if you fall behind it can be hard to catch up. I also wish there were more fun activities and classes, like sports or clubs, so students could connect outside of class. . Having more fun activities would help everyone connect and feel more excited about coming to school. Overall its a 3.5-4/10.