Crown Charter School

My daughter attended Crown from K-3rd. She loved it at the time and had wonderful teachers each year. She is now in 4th grade at another Charter School. The only thing negative I can say about Crown other than one individual is they have no extra curricular activities. It is a completely different environment for her and she absolutely loves it. I feel Crown is wonderful in a jump start in a childs education and behavior but would recommend switching at the 4th or 5th grade level.

My experience with Crown is that they teach with very specific methods. These methods are very successful and my daughter is way above students her own age(and older). It seems reasonable that once a child leaves Crown School there is a chance that their new school will teach a concept a totally different way. I would guess that the change in teaching methods could cause ALOT of confusion. If a child is confused they are lost. We must think of this before we talk against the school. They have done wonders both academically and behaviorally with my children and I commend them for that.
--Submitted by a parent

I encourage all parents to trust your instincts and do not put your children in this school. My child went to this school for more than a year and since he's been in a new school his grades have declined. I thought to myself, how this could be, he practically got straight A's at Crown. They even showed me a copy of his aims test which indicated he was doing well. I am very disappointed and have no idea how much money it s going to cost me to get him to the level he should be performing. I am not only disappointed in them, but my self. I should have done something sooner because there were signs that something wasn t right and I didn t question it enough. You might ask why I kept him in the school for so long. There were 3 reasons all of which I m not pleased with. 1) He came home with good grades and excelled in multiplication. 2). I didn t want to take him from his peers. 3). It was for convenience; the school start time was good and aftercare was cheap. Although these may appear to be reasonable explanation they were not good enough because now my child needs extra help.
--Submitted by a parent

I had my daughter here in kinder. What a mistake. You are not allowed on campus to volunteer during class so you really have no way of knowing how your child is progressing. Needless to say my daughter's report card reflected she was doing amazing. I took her to a public school for first grade and found out she was falling far behind in math and reading! It took my daughter a full year to catch up to the other children. She is now a straight A third grader, but parents beware! If you care about your child's education, send them elsewhere.
--Submitted by a parent

My Grandson attended Crown last year for first grade and ALWAYS came home with wonderful report cards stating he was doing an excellent job! Thankfully his parents placed him in another school for second grade. Imagine our dismay when in the first quarter of 2nd grade his grades in math and reading were failing! Seems he developed dyslexia this summer. Hum...is that possible? I don't think so. I feel bad for him and I believe Crown did him a great injustice.

I was a kindergarten teacher at Crown a few years back and am not surprised at many of the negative reviews I read on this site; I, too, had a bad experience there and would not recommend this school to anyone. Parents, if you truly care for your children please do not send them to this school, there are better institutions of learning out there.
--Submitted by a teacher

I was a kindergarten teacher for many years at Crown. Teachers do leave schools for many different reasons just like at any other school anywhere else. However, many EXCELLENT teachers will return morning after morning and put all their heart and an extraordinary effort into loving and teaching your child...Best wishes to the teachers, students and administration for a great school year...

This is a wonderful school. Our children have been here for 4 years and I hope Crown expands through 8th grade. There is a lot of opportunities for invovement by parents even in tutoring. Ms. TC and the teachers are very nice. I am acquainted with a lot of other parents and they are very happy too. and I recommend this school to everyone.
--Submitted by a parent

Ok parents listen up. Lets get the record straight. Every parent who posts on here should own up to it if you're happy you're happy. If you are upset you're upset. If you can't sign your comments with your own name, then you have no business posting on a site like this and your arguments have no credibility. Personally, my child has excelled at Crown Charter. She is way ahead of the public schools. Crown Charter is a core academic school. They focus on the core academic foundations required. So what if that is what the AIMS are based on. Back in my day it was only about the reading writing and math. My child will continue till she graduates from Crown Charter. Ms. TC is a example in leadership in change for education. My daughter will be asuccess because of TC and her methods. The teachers at Crown are top notch. It may look like Crown goes through teachers, but if YOU own a business, and YOUR employee is not working to standards no matter how hard your work to train them, then you need to get rid of them. I am proud that Crown only takes on teachers who excell and want to make a difference with our kids today... Go Crown Bob Sheldon - PROUD Crown Parent
--Submitted by a parent

This is the best rating I can honestly give this school. We lasted 4 month with our children here. I work in education and I have never seen a more unprofessional administration. The previous comment "Disorganized Chaos" is right on. Phone calls are never returned. It seems that parents are purposly not included in their children education. Very sad! The place is dirty. They are poorly equipted and it shows. No school lunches. The cafateria is not cooled or heated. NO art, PE, Music at all. Its all academic. My kids did learn there. I give credit to the teachers for that but only that. This was a bad decision for us and glad its over!
--Submitted by a parent