5632 Brandon Blvd
Virginia Beach, VA 23464

This is a great school, from what we have experienced so far. As the parent of a 10th grader who came into the Global Studies Academy in 9th grade, we were nervous about what the experience would be. I had heard rave reviews of the teachers and staff, and I have been pleasantly surprised about how true that has been. Despite some of the negative reviews, a student’s success depends on the classes they’re in. This is true for every high school out there. If a kid is in lower level classes, chances are there will be more issues with behaviors. So, I’d take the negatives with a grain of salt. For us, the teachers are highly responsive and proactive with communication. This is not the case for every school in Virginia Beach. We appreciate this so much.

This school is NOT good because personally, theres so much rude people and is just a bad environment and there's this massive rat and roaches problem which is just disgusting. This school barely does anything when it comes to students who either bully others, harass someone else, etc and think just giving them a basic punishment will teach them something, it really doesn't. Sometimes mold is found in the school food, fights happen a lot, the hallways are always hard to walk in because it's extremely crowed mostly by a group who wants to talk to each other and nobody says anything. I have also experienced bullying and while I have meet some of the kindest and awesome teachers, that will not change the fact that this school is terrible. Not to mention a lot of people secretly pretend to make fun of SPED kids and pretend to be their best friends which I find disgusting. If you wish to not get bullied for just how you look, dress, or anything or just getting used, then do NOT go to this school. My mental health has been terrible ever since I got to that school and even wish to do online school. I would cry at night last year because of it and honestly I can't wait to leave.

Our student had a very mixed experience at this school, but overall 1 star due to the administration. Multiple incidents involving bullying and injury to our student , with zero consequences or action from administration, negligent behavior. Over the past year we had multiple incidents that were brought to the attention of admin, including another student breaking our student's bone, which was a very serious injury. No consequences for the other student and administration retaliated when we pushed for action/consequences. Was basically told that "boys will be boys". Our student did have 3 very good teachers during their time there, but also 2 teachers that were very rough. So overall, a very mixed bag of educators. I would definitely not recommend this school, with the current administration.