New Vision Charter School

This is coming from a student. I went to the school and I went to go talk to the counselor and they said what do you want me to do about it? The kids are mean and the teachers don't do anything about it

Overall I feel like I've had a very bad experience with this school. First of all, most of the teachers here are rude and don't seem to actually care for the kids learning. My daughter has ADHD and does have a hard time focusing, instead of helping her they make her feel bad about it, they single her our and let kids pick on her. In another instance when my daughter would take the bus home, they literally lost her... she actually did not get on the bus and they did not see her, (luckily I had a gps on her) I noticed that she was still around the school area, and it had been 5 minutes since the bus had left, I called the office they sweared up and down that she got on and that they even saw her get on from the cameras! I called like 3 times to confirm the same thing and they kept telling me she had left on the bus. I rushed and drove down the school immediately as soon as I arrived I saw my daughter outside unattended and approached by two fathers, they took her inside the school.. I went in and suddenly 5-6 staff came out and started making excuses all talking/yelling at the same time & then blaming my child immediately! Like what? My daughter was 6 years old at the time, and its their responsibly to be watching these kids! They don't take safety seriously, and the Principle? Yeah she does not care, I sent her an email when all this happened and NEVER received a response to even acknowledge it! I would not recommend this school at all, & am currently actually looking to switch her schools depending on how this new teacher she gets is, of course since the bus incident she never got on the bus again, I just drive myself to drop off and pick up.

Choosing to send our children to Saint John the Evangelist has been the smartest and most beneficial decision that my wife and I have made. A wonderful, loving school community.

I waited a year to write this because I wanted to make sure I wasn't "overreacting." My kiddo attended High Plains from EC to 1st. EC was a wonderful experience, but EC isn't operating as part of HP. In kinder my kiddo had a lovely teacher, however educationally she was falling behind. Twice that year my kid was given food she was allergic to INSIDE her "allergy aware" classroom. 1st grade: Throughout the year there were several red flags that should have been caught by the school, such as the teacher not allowing parents to volunteer in the classroom, EVER. Sending no classwork home for parents to see. Not communicating with parents except during reviews. 6 students were pulled from her classroom to be homeschooled. Parents expressed concerns, called meetings, asked for help. Only to have the administration ignore every concern. During the year my kiddo fearful of going to school. I had to walk her to her room each day because of the terror she felt. I asked repeatedly for help to understand what was going on. Come to find out she, and several other students were being bullied by a significantly violent student who was not only allowed to stay in the classroom but was being protected by the teacher. This student had violent outbursts and physically assaulted other students more than one occasion. To the point that the school had to evacuate the classroom and remove the doors to the restroom so students wouldn't be assaulted behind closed doors. The admin failed to respond and in turn failed every student in that class. In addition, my kiddo was "allowed" to roam the school, and on one occasion was sent to the nurse ALONE after having been exposed to peanut butter in her "allergy aware" classroom by a student sitting at her table! They fired that teacher at the end of the year. Towards the end of the year a student brought a weapon into the school and families were never notified until the news became public on the police blotter website. I moved my kid to a new school for 2nd grade, where she started the year at a kindergarten level reading and math even though HP gave her high scores in 1st. When her new school realized how far behind she was they contacted HP to see if had more details, they claimed it was her abilities and did not take accountability for the awful 1st grade year. My kid and her new worked hard this year to get her not only caught up but AHEAD for 3rd grade. So clearly High Plains was the issue and not my kids abilities.