Allen Village Charter School

Allen Village is a great school with a great curriculum.  Like all schools, Allen Village has it flaws.  A parent should have the right to agree or disagree with a teacher(s) decision.  A parent should also have the right to be a part of the school.  My children have attended Allen Village for two years and are not returning.  We can deal with the discipline, we can deal with the dress code, we can deal with the homework/class work; what we will not tolerate is the dictatorship that is allowed.  You will not tell me “To do as we say”, I am an adult and I have the right to my opinion.  The children cannot to fend for self and as a parent; I feel it is my duty.  The leader of the school may have the credentials to run the school but lacks compassion and mercy.  The leader feels that she is God and everyone should fear her.  Too much, power will destroy a great thing.  Allen Village is a great school; but no school is great without the support and dedication of the parents or without the student s’ ability and desire to learn.  What will destroy Allen Village is the inability to honor one’s opinion, ideas, or thoughts.  I wish nothing but the best for Allen Village, but the term “VILLAGE” only pertains to the leader and her chosen.

DO NOT SEND YOUR CHILDREN HERE. I cannot stress this enough. For so many reasons. They believe every child should learn on the same level. My daughter was homeschooled for 2 years and she was not ready for 6th grade, I requested she be put in 5th grade and they put her in 6th and she could not keep up with the work or homework. My daughter would work on her homework for 6 hours after school and still not finish. She was issued several detentions for this!  If the children can not keep up they enforce mandatory afterschool tutoring. They have no concern or regard for single working parents. You must provide transportation if they make your child go to tutoring. If you cannot provide transport one day for a detention they will not reschedule they simply suspend your child. They have no special education, or tolerance for challenged children whatsoever. A few other things.... Children are not allowed to use the restroom more than once a day unless they get their planner signed... which could cause detention. They do not allow the children to drink more than 8 oz of water a day. And this is only if they bring the water bottle the school gives them. If not all they drink ALL DAY is their milk at lunch... which they eat in their rooms because there is no cafeteria, or gym. The girls change for gym in the classroom and her teacher let a male teacher in the room before my daughter was all the way dressed.  And then sent a letter home to me stating my daughter was inappropriate...? They do not allow backpacks. THE ONLY THING THEY TEACH IS HOW TO PASS THE MAP TEST. My daughters English teacher sent home a letter to parents whose children missed words on the spelling test more than once (because everyone had to pass 100% or they all had to keep doing the same words)... she marked a word wrong on my daughters test that was spelled right! And the teacher had terrible spelling and gramatical errors on the letter!  Please look elsewhere for a school to avoid the stress I went through for the 3 months my daughter attended this school. You will regret sending your child here. I know I did.

yuelondamiller: I wish this school was an highschool also. I love allen village and I'm glad I enrolled my son. :)

Our three chilren currently attend Allen Village but will not next year. We feel the school Is taking on an increasingly parental role, rather than focusing on enriching and stimulating intellectual persuits and love of learning. Discipline is over the top and recess is practically non-existent. Also they are completely ignorant when it comes to special education and developmental disabilities.

This school is so great my daughter did'nt like it at first but then she realized that they were giving her disipline and that could help in the long run, and now she loves it. I'm very proud that she has friends that really care and understand her and most importantly have goals.