tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post6269792157026964778..comments2023-12-04T20:54:23.989-08:00Comments on Gene V Glass: A Citizen's Encounter With a Charter SchoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post-101549600031923782020-02-29T16:15:35.863-08:002020-02-29T16:15:35.863-08:00Is there any updated information? Our children are...Is there any updated information? Our children are in this school and we are having a lot of issues with a bus driver who is a bully that Wendy Miller does nothing but defend her!ConcernedMumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052015455371157128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post-80251822648230753242017-11-20T09:49:55.073-08:002017-11-20T09:49:55.073-08:00Will be interesting to see what happens with this ...Will be interesting to see what happens with this school now that the founder has passed away.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post-91683806769485193472017-07-27T08:03:39.236-07:002017-07-27T08:03:39.236-07:00I don't mean to blame the victim, but you shou...I don't mean to blame the victim, but you should have run like hell when you were required to put down a $100 deposit to apply to an allegedly public school. The fact that you were required to fill out "updated" paperwork a month after submitting your original paperwork should have been another red flag. These are not - and should not be - normal things.Diennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04570040547158789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post-72283235642725235552017-06-24T15:29:19.955-07:002017-06-24T15:29:19.955-07:00Why in the world would they play "gotcha"...Why in the world would they play "gotcha" with the school? The parent clearly said the OT was recent, after the Feb. form.Rebecca deCocahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13168718846105012814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post-48222189745074872772017-05-27T10:33:50.309-07:002017-05-27T10:33:50.309-07:00Odd. No normal parent I know would forget to inclu...Odd. No normal parent I know would forget to include ongoing speech or emotional therapy and then "remembers" those on an updating information request. This seems like a purposefully done strategy to play gotcha with the school, but it did not work out as the parent hoped it would.David Hoffmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post-20188157573930063772017-05-26T10:35:46.681-07:002017-05-26T10:35:46.681-07:00This is the norm for most charter schools in AZ an...This is the norm for most charter schools in AZ and across the nation. It seems they are allowed to pick and choose which students are allowed in. If charter schools were forced to take on all the ELL, SPED and minority students that district schools have to, as well as require charter schools to adhere to all the procurement and reporting policies that district schools have to adhere to, charter schools would not be as successful as they are now.<br /><br />I can tell you right now that if you compared the student census to that of the Deer Valley USD, you would find that Challenge Charter School's census is way skewed from that of the DVUSD in they count of minority students. CCS picks and chooses which students it allows into its school through entrance exams and the high enrollment fees that it charges.<br /><br />CCS Former Employeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1915925727662187720.post-90320154639915921522017-05-26T00:06:43.908-07:002017-05-26T00:06:43.908-07:00As a special education teacher, I find it sad that...As a special education teacher, I find it sad that they appear to be denying student who may have special needs. (Obviously, they don'the SAY that...they say that it's a "paperwork discrepancy," but a person might wonder if it'sounds about the suspected disability. I teach in the same area as this school and had one of my special education preschool students apply to another local charter school called Happy Valley Charter School. He was denied admission. I emailed the principal to ask if the school admits students with special needs because I had another family talking about applying, but the principal never responded to my email. Disappointing. I feel horrible that parents of special needs kids find out that "school choice" is not for them. How crushing! I hope this family enrolls their child in the local non-charter public school :)Jesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13215554740442220469noreply@blogger.com