Covenant Christian Academy

The lack of knowledge the administration, staff, and teachers in dealing with special ed students is unreal. I've never seen a school this bad when it comes to rude teachers. The bullying issue is scary. If they don't address it soon they are going to create a real issue, think Uvalde. I am a retired teacher, my mother, aunt, and graduation were teachers. My grandfather was a Superintendent of schools in OH. This school is disgraceful.

Where do I begin…second day of school, my son was put on the bus instead of taken to the afterschool program. This was after no less than 2 previous emails and 2 direct calls to both the teacher and transportation advisor. I could have still let that go as first week jitters, but, they had the nerve to tell me it was my son’s fault for “getting on the wrong bus”. That was extremely unprofessional for a school that just messed up that badly and also, a complete fabrication. My poor son was terrified when I was not there to get him, thankfully, he was smart enough to tell them they were wrong and get back to the school. That was only strike one. Then, I noticed my son struggling with his schoolwork, so, I asked for some practice sheets or something to help me teach the curriculum at home. I was told they do not have anything like that and would not provide anything like that, ever. After asking for a weekly report of my sons behavior/progress, I was told, by 2 different teachers, “we don’t really have time for that”. Now, I get that too a point, but, I wasn’t asking for a novel, just a quick update on his behavior and progress so I could work with him at home. That should be something a teacher can provide for a parent, easily. The bus driver was rude to my son specifically and when I brought this up to the transportation department, their response was “so you don’t want to follow our policies?”. This was because the bus driver repeatedly asked my son to get off the bus, after being seated, then get to the back of the line because he didn’t have a bus tag which was not provided to us yet! The final straw for me was when my son damaged his pair of headphones in class. Let me preface by saying that I previously provided 3 pairs of headphones for him and/or other students that may need them. The teacher asked me to purchase another pair to replace the pair that he purchased. When I explained that I had already provided many pairs, I was met with extreme attitude and spoken down to. The teacher treated me like I was a child misunderstanding how school supplies work. On top of all that, there were many instances of bullying that were blamed on my son when he was the victim and/or not dealt with at all, that’s unacceptable! All of this was within the first 3 months of school. I took my son out of this school and transferred him into a public Montessori school. Stay away from this school unless you absolutely have to have your kids go there!

Pickett is wonderful school with the hardest working teachers I have ever seen. Theses teacher go above and beyond the required work and actually care for each and every student. We came from a great school in Pflugerville but I believe this school provides more individual attention in each student. I often have lunch with my children and see regular education students constantly including special education student in recess activities. The kindness, inclusion and treatment of these students by others is awe inspiring. There is a high population of low income students which I believe is the result in lower test scores but this school, students, teachers and administration is the best I could ask for and I would totally recommend this school.

We have had children at this school since 2012 and we have been very pleased with how well our children were prepared for High School and college both intellectually and spiritually. Socially, as with any school, there are a few bullies in every class. My children worked though it, learned how to stand up for themselves and built upon the tough experiences and channeled them into something positive. Socially, changing from a small class with 20ish kids to a class with 300, there is an adjustment period, the social dynamic is very different.Our eldest daughter is currently at A&M starting her sophomore year (was an auto admin and is in the engineering honors program) (she lettered in Robotics in High School and graduated 11th out of 272 kids) Our son is a current sophomore at Liberty Hill High School (has lettered in Robotics, Fishing and Tennis) and our youngest is finishing 2nd at St. Helen Catholic School. This program has done an excellent job teaching our children how to think for themselves, ask questions, speak publicly, push themselves academically, and has helped provide confidence in their religious beliefs and further strengthened their moral backbones. For us, this program is worth the commute from Liberty Hill to St. Helen in Georgetown. We look forward to our 8 year old growing in her faith and excelling academically as her older siblings have. I would recommend to children going from 8th grade to High School, that they get involved in school activities and clubs. It will help a big school feel small and not so overwhelming.