Children Reaching for the Sky Preparatory

This school is terrible. The Owner/Superintendent/Principal has never taught a class in his life and he is trying to run a school. There is absolutely nothing here that will help make your child successful in life. There is no classroom supplies, no counselor, no special education, students have physical education in a torn up parking lot, and there is no transportation for afterschool activities. The school messed up on required uniforms this last year and would not pay us parents back when all supplies where ordered wrong. Many teachers left halfway through the school year and we the parents never knew why. At the end of the year many more teachers left. The school goes through several new teachers every year. How is my child supposed to learn in positive environment when the teachers are leaving all the time? That obviously shows there is something wrong with the leadership at this school. Do not be misled by the school website. Most of the pictures are not of the school. If you care about your child you will not send them here.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is awful. There are many good educators at the school, but they are not backed up by the administration. The principal is cold and standoff-ish. She treats the students and the staff the same, like she doesn't really care about them, with the exception of her daughter who is a teacher there. The students have become more defiant and there is a lot more bullying between students. As a parent, the principal has even been snippy with me. My children will not be returning.
--Submitted by a parent

There as been alot of chages this year in the school not for the better. It is being ran like a military school. The only thing great about the school is the first grade teachers. They are awesome! Other wise the school is on the down fall. Many students are being pulled out due to the staff.

My daughter went to CRS last year and is returning this year. Her teacher last year was awesome! The school has come along way since opening. My husband and I are looking forward to this school year.
--Submitted by a parent

I love this school, my son is a 1st grader there and he is doing well. The staff is great and the new principal and Mr Griffin really care about the childs education as well as behavior. Thanks for another great year of my sons education.
--Submitted by a parent

This is a school that has more 'great' to it than meets the eye. For the last 4 years our family has been scattered in many schools looking for schools that we could truly endorse with our children(s) attendance. We think we found it. CRS & FIMS follows through on their rules, has ever increasing education expectations of it's students, has clear methods for obtaining these objectives on a student by student bases and offers many well managed perks. I feel confident in it's Admin. to retain effective teachers, to weed out any students/teachers that attend for babysitting and provide learning opportunities and maintain the fundamentals. Even my kids, who were very reluctant to change schools again, are reporting that they are learning more then they had at previous schools and enjoy the 'community'. We think we'll park here.
--Submitted by a parent

Hmmm. The other reviews are interesting, especially the bad ones. We are not experiencing those things. The class size is about right (25 in the 5th grade). The classrooms are a bit small, but the learning we are seeing in our child is way better than what TUSD had to offer. Plus, they have rules that mean something, there is homework most every night, and our child is starting to improve in knowlege and ability. We have enrolled another of our children in the Middle School that is offered, and we are pleased with it as well. Learning is happening. Homework that reinforces the class-work is being assigned.
--Submitted by a parent

Worst school ever!!! Horrible administration out for the buck, huge class sizes, tiny rooms, not much in the way of curriculum. Watch out on the pre-enrollment tours they misrepresent everything. My child learner very little here- don't make the same mistake!
--Submitted by a parent

Most class sizes are way too high. Great teachers and office staff but the lack of assistance for better education from the principal is unbelievable. My feeling from my experience is the children are only dollar signs. I have been concerned for the education of not only my child but all students in this school. Yes, every school has good and bad but I have experienced more bad then good.
--Submitted by a parent

My son spent his 5th grade school year at CRS for reasons unrelated to our satisfaction with his previous school. We had heard that class size was small and that the children excelled. On the 1st day of class, we were disappointed to find that the class size was quite large (a nearby public school had closed), that the teacher was new to the school, and that my son's classroom had no windows. Throughout the year my son repeated his teacher's many complaints about the lack of space, materials, and time. My son's previous school had a diverse cultural, economic, and racial mix of students which the faculty extolled as a virtue. Getting along despite differences was a strong part of the behavior code. Unfortunately at CRS where my son was a minority, he was made to feel very uncomfortable socially and developed some negative self images. I do not recommend CRS.
--Submitted by a parent