5805 Meadowview Dr
South Chesterfield, VA 23803

My son went from Kindercare to kindergarten here and it was a dramatic change but we kind of expected it to be. Communication was non-existent between the teacher and us. When we asked questions we would get confusing or conflicting answers days later. What little homework we had sent home was clearly out of step with what he was doing in class. The principal repeated lied and made up regulations when she didn't want to do something and kept doing it even when she was called out on it. After the first year we moved and ended up at Alberta Smith where it became clear that after a year at matoaca, our son was essentially a year behind. It also became clear that something was socially messed up at matoaca. My son went from having rage issues and being in therapy once a week to being fine as soon as the school year was over. Pretty clear that the miserable pass rate for math and English is deserved.

My experience is overall negative. The majority of teachers are decent, although a portion of those are intolerable in their poor teaching methods. The student body is a pestulence the world will unfortunately have to face in the following years due to their intolerance of others, disrespect for authority, and disregard for other people that do not satisfy their pleasurable interests. Furthermore, the education at this school appears as if an afterthought; more emphasis is placed on athletics than on education and a similar sentiment is held by most students.

The teachers at Matoaca are fair. But all homework is done on chromebook, and most in-class instruction as well. Expect your child to have a lot of screen time if they attend this school, way above recommended levels. The teachers will not work with you on trying to reduce that amount, and will not count work that is done on paper. They will also lure you with Tribe time and ASE, that we were told would be study/homework time for the students. This is not true at all, the students will be given projects and assignments to complete in those classes as well, and will still come home with 2hrs of homework average per night. I wish that I had just enrolled my son in his zone school and just had him placed in accelerated classes. Only one experience with bullying this year, but the staff's response was to tell all the kids involved that they needed to befriend the bully or they would be the ones in trouble for leaving someone out. Terrible handling of the situation.