Tennessee Virtual Academy

All of the teachers at Christenberry are great.

The teachers in this school go the extra mile and then some for their students. The administration however will do whatever it takes to squash the hopes, dreams, and joy of those teachers. Many teachers dread coming to work everyday solely because of the way administration runs the place. They are not allowed to do what is best for children because of the egos in the office. They are limited to reading scripts and doing things all the same way. The teachers are great, but are being held back from their full potential.

Great overall school that often gets overlooked. The faculty and parents are extremely involved. As a family not originally from Knoxville, we were extremely lucky to find this school.

Unfortunately, we are zoned for this school. Run far from this school if you can. My children were coming from with bruises on them from other kids bullying them at school (physically and verbally). I followed allnproper routes and nothing was done. The teachers claimed it's not bullying because it was happening to other kids too and that there was nothing they could do about it. Teachers are not supported by the admin to be able to make a difference. I ejded up having to file a report with the district to have anything done. My children went from loving school to being severely depressed and now they hate going to school. They don't feel safe at school and I have since pulled them out and resorted to home schooling.

If you're rich, white, and healthy, this will be a good school for you.If you request any level of accommodation, have any legitimate complaints handled in a respectful manner on your end, or have requests that will lead to your child's success (such as extra work that is more complicated for a child who is lacking stimulation, or switching classes when a teacher makes it painfully obvious they do not like a student..)It absolutely will NOT be a good school. I gave two stars because I have been witness to flat out abuse in an elementary school, and at least they aren't doing that. Lowkey neglect but not abuse. Yes there is high parent involvement, only if you join pta, pay the fee, and especially, fit with a clique. Most the school is a clique, from what I can tell. Everyone that we have had problems with is either related or knows each other in the community outside of school. I didn't think there was a good ol boys system in KCS because I didn't see it growing up, but this school in specific is 100% a good ol boys system. If you aren't "in" with the right social group, or at least able to appear as you could be (rich, white, healthy,) your child will be treated differently for no good reason, to the detriment of their education, health, and safety. If you then feel the need to speak up, you will be told that they know the teacher and doubt it, and treated like your child is a liar and problem child despite a perfect record and consistent good grades. If you go above their heads outside of that school, KCS will do an amazing job helping sort the problems out, however this is a school where showing up at school events when you've stepped on the wrong toe results in a visible, audible shunning of you, attempting to volunteer for pta run activities is ignored, and you will be edged out if you stand up for your kid. Yes there is fundraising, so much so that if you aren't loaded your kid is constantly missing out on rewards and activities because you can't keep shoveling money over. There are also multiple dress up weeks throughout the year. Not directly a bad thing, but, for my fellow peons, it gives an idea of the general culture of the school: be rich, be silent, be dolls for adults to compete through, or bully, depending on the day and the parents' pay.There have been moments of kindness outside of this specific clique working in and attending the school. Some great teachers that we really appreciate, but not nearly enough to tolerate the negativity.

I’am very happy to have my children in this school