Research Horizons Back-To-Basics charter Schools in Phoenix, Arizona

“My son is ADHD and Bi-Polar. I enrolled him 3 years ago with high hopes, as the former director was a wonderful woman with great skills. She disappeared, no word what had happened to her. After that chaos broke out. I stayed loyal, even enrolled my second child. I am taking both my children out of the school for many reasons. One of the biggest reason is, I could not get a hold of the staff in case of an emergency, the office was often not occupied. Another problem was that teachers came and went. No explanation to the parents. The principal is a sweet person, but I think he lacks leader skills.”

“I was extremely disapponted in this school and the leadership and lack thereof. They need more focus and more parent involvement. Parents take charge of your children's education. Your voice does matter. We can't lose our kids. We are taking our kids out of this school.”

“I was Extremely dissapointed with this school. The administration made many empty promises. The students were supposed to be introduced to arts, crafts, music, etc,it never happened. My children often complained about not being challenged. They said it was boring because they weren't learning anything. In addition, the school lures you with many field trips but fail to advise parents that they must 'contribute' $250.00 per child before they can participate in said fieldtrip. Also parents, please be aware that this school does not offer any disciplinary actions which allows children to act however they please. I failed to take my children out of this school in time so now I feel they will be behind in the next school year. Please do your research before enrolling them and see if you have any other options. I also have concerns about the qualifications of the teachers.”

“This school is unstable at the moment. There is a possibility for potiental but at the moment it is very disorganized.”

“I don't see any structure in the academic process. The children are give work books to complete. To my knowledge, the school does not have a music,art,or sports department, and definitly not any extracurricular activities. I have asked several times when are we going to have a parent/teacher conference or an assembly to introduce the school to the community. The children don't receive breakfast or a hot lunches even though the paper work for the 'lunch' program were filled out by the parents. The school does not have history or science books and the school does not honor Martin Luther King holiday even though the school is located in the heart of South Phoenix. The school has been operation since August 2004, and has not had a parent teacher meeting to this day.”