Rocky Mountain Classical Academy

WORST SCHOOL EVER! I had my daughter enrolled in kindergarten 2011-2012 and had to move to Floriday in April of 2012. I found out that she was no where near where she had to be in order to progress to first grade and they were going to hold her back. This school only cares about raising money - more fundraisers came home every day instead of homework and readers! The teacher could not control her students and even told me one day that my daughter had rolled her eyes at her and wanted me to discipline her! The students should have been sent home with reading material from the very first day - but they don't start to teach reading until the fourth quarter of the year - entirely too late in nation standards. The school administration is very unorganized and unprofessional in their attire as well as their customer service, or lack there of. If the school requires the students to wear uniforms I would expect the teachers and admin shouldn't wear jeans and flip flops, which they did every day. I should have known this was a bad school when the meet the teacher night was with a teacher that was too scared and insecure to come talk to me and my daughter and make her feel welcome. Stay away
--Submitted by a parent

My honor roll son, who has never been a behavior problem, was kicked out of this school because I valued his health more than I valued RMCA's annual yearly progress. My child is not a score! My son has ADD, Asperger characteristics and generalized anxiety disorder and the torturously long CSAP was not in the best interest of my son's health. RMCA's principal denied my son enrollment after attending there for two years having never taken a CSAP. Clearly, she values scores more than the health of her students. Shame on RMCA for mistreating a special needs child to achieve a better score.
--Submitted by a parent

I DO NOT RECOMMEND enrolling your kids at this school. The teachers are great, however, the administration is a joke. The interim principal is generally uninterested in doing his job and some of the staff seem more interested in being in control of their classrooms than actually educating the children. There are no language classes offered here and their academics aren't nearly as rigorous as they claim.
--Submitted by a parent

Do not recommend putting your kids here. It seemed fine the first two years, but there are SERIOUS problems. Check out their test scores, I switched schools after two years and learned after testing that they were two years behind. Staff is not supportive or properly trained.
--Submitted by a parent

Very poor leadership. The principal is under qualified and does not seem interested in interacting with the students or the parents. The staff seems unhappy and the academics are behind in most every grade as far as I could tell. Don't waste your time or your child's wellbeing. Thankfully there are much better choices out there.
--Submitted by a parent

Absolutely love this school! As a former teacher, I can say that if I didn't find the perfect fit for our childrens' education, we were going to consider home school as our only other option. We have high expectations for academics and we consider ourselves to be pretty conservative as well. I can't say enough, how thrilled I am that a friend of ours recommended this school. My daughter has been at RMCA for two years now and my son will begin attending kindergarten in the fall of 2012. RMCA's elementary campus is not pretty (by any means), but what goes on inside is wonderful. RMCA hosts a caring staff, kids who enjoy learning, character building is a priority, and PARENTAL involvement is high on the list as well. We are a military family, and my only dread to leaving Colorado would be leaving this school. I don't think there are many out there like it!
--Submitted by a parent

One of the worst middle schools i have EVER encountered. They hired the principal to SAVE the high school, but neglected to say that the last school she had led went broke. Well, guess what? The RMCA high school ALSO went broke. The board for some unknown reason kept her on to lead the middle school which is all that is left of grades 6-12. When she took over, she never even introduced herself to the kids, VERY hands off. My opinion, she does not have leadership qualities and is terribly out of her realm. The teachers seem unqualified, disorganized, and very unhappy. I dont know WHO is writing these reviews, but everyone I have spoken to consider this the worst school around. I will not be surprised whatsoever if they have to close the middle school also and further displace children. Do NOT recommend putting your kids here, the education is substandard in my opinion and the atmosphere is extremely unprofessional.
--Submitted by a parent

This school is amazing!! Parents- Please go to this school yourself and do not judge based on these reports or the outside of this school. There is so much character building and learning taking place. I am a teacher and currently staying at home and I can honestly say my son is learning quickly and is certainly academically ahead of peers in other schools. We have been overly pleased with this school and we looked at all charter schools in this city and feel blessed to be part of the RMCA community. The teachers are simply fantastic!!
--Submitted by a parent

I am not sure why there is a disgruntled parent on here posting negative things about our school but I assure you this school is a fantastic school!! We love RMCA, and we adore the teachers, staff, administration etc. I have never seen overcrowding, or discrimination in anyway shape or form. I have two kids here and we have attended the school for the last three years. I would encourage any parent(s) who may be considering this school to go for a tour and visit and then judge. I would certainly caution against judging from these ratings alone.
--Submitted by a parent

What was said in the comment RMCA is a substandard school hit the nail on the head. I would love to some how get into contact with you. The schools principal needs to educate himself on the rights of children with disabilities. When I tried to explain to him what was going on with my daughter his response to me was "I'm only hearing excuses" he went on further to indicate our problems with her were our parenting not her disability. He seems to have no knowledge of aspergers disorder or the different issues that go along with the disorder. It is very true about the nepotism with in the school. A school that at one time offered a choice for parents for their child's education is now a school who ignore's federal laws and in Mr Miller's own words "we make our own rules here". If you want your child to have the true education they deserve seek other educational sources.
--Submitted by a parent