Harmony Science Academy West Houston
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2/18/2016
My kids has been it this school since it opened. It was great at first until they kept changing hands in principle. They had great plans but never get carried out. The following are my own experiences and why I don't like it.
- The current principle Ms. Koli is the worst out of all of the principles. I took the matters to her regarding no teacher were hired for one of the classes. She was so defensive instead of addressing my concern, she slashed out on us and told us the school doesn't have to tell parents anything in that matter. It's strictly "school business". She's constantly yelling at students in the lobby during dismissal (young and old) threatening the kids into obedience. I complained to other teachers and their response were, "She doesn't do that only to students!" That explains my next concern.
- Teachers turnover rate is way too high. We had a lot of great teachers at first but none of them stay more than 2 years maybe.
- Unorganized staffs. Everything about this school is chaotic. They were still hiring teachers 6 weeks into school. Teachers were absent but no substitute was set into place. AP books were not ordered and didn't receive them until 2 weeks before first semester was over. Same thing with the chromebooks for doing their projects and homeworks, didn't get them until I received the progress reports. Field trips got cancelled because the school forgot to rent school buses. The parents permission slip said they were going to SeaWorld, San Antonio and they ended up at Six Flags!!
- Teachers and students ratio is way too high. When we went to the open house before the school was even built they told us 1:22. One of my kid's class is 29 right now. I asked the teachers and they said because they have one teacher aid which they share between 2 classes and that still falls into that ratio!.
But they do have great graduation plans especially SAT prep classes as part of their curriculum. CRLP (college readiness leadership program). That's the reason for the 2 start I gave.
Overall, like I said great plans with no one competent and professional enough to carry out to benefit the students. As soon as my kids take the SAT I'm pulling them out!
Betty | Katy, TX