- 4800 Manzanita Ave., Ste. 7
- Carmichael, CA 95608
- (916) 971-7037
Charter | Grades K-12 | San Juan Unified
Visions In Education Ratings
Visions In Education Reviews
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Parent
Peggi
I have used Visions for all three of my children and I have found it to be an excellent program.
Oct 15, 2009
Reviewed
by a
Parent
Ed Torres
My wife and I are very happy with Visions in Education. This was the second year that my daughter has been enrolled in their program and she is doing very well. My wife teaches our daughter and this last school year, my daughter was enrolled in her first college course - English Composition. She did excellent in the State Exit Exams for the eigth grade. We had enrolled her in a private school prior to Visions, however our daughter felt that she was not being challenged and found the private school unfulfilling. The assigned instructor/mentor, Mr. Bob Williams, and Vision's administration support staff have always gone out of their way to provide us with the tools we needed to help our daugther in her studies. Unlike the previous preveiw I read, my wife and I did not have any problems with the budget we were allocated for books and supplies. Our daughter is looking forward to the next school year's ninth grade class
Jul 22, 2009
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by a
Parent
Anonymous
I switched to Visions after pulling my children out of a nearby school due to disappointment in the public school system. I was warned about Visions from a past parent but it was the only option I felt was available to me at the time. Visions does a horrible job at preparing parents in regards to curriculum choices, rules, how to use their online resources, etc. Visions says you have a lot more control over your child's education, but you really don't. With the strict CA standards and certain questions they want spewed back out, it doesn't give you a lot of room to tailor and work with. I was very disappointed in how they throw a bunch of forms at you, tell you that they need to be filled in, but not tell you what type of info they want, and how specific and then when it isn't what they are looking for, they just tell you it isn't correct. While Visions gives each student a budget to work with for the year; they also funnel purchases through their suppliers at very high costs out of the student account instead of the ability to find and purchase same books at lower costs though their other suppliers. Extra curricular actives were very expensive as well. Some of the classes I looked into on their vendor list were hundreds of dollars for a few 15 minute sessions. We are talking $80 an hour these people would have been paid. If they are going to use the school system to get customers, they could at least make them reasonably priced instead of jacking up the costs, just like with the school books. Visions is very disorganized, test driven system, just like the rest of the CA school system. Do not expect a homeschooling freedom with Visions.
Mar 27, 2009
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