Fort Myers Preparatory and Fitness Academy

I recently received a letter from this school, where my daughter has been attending, that "effective immediately" there is a new principal. This is the THIRD principal in TWO years. There is no consistency in leadership. The letter was from the CEO of the school and it invited parents to e-mail her. I did and got NO RESPONSE. The change was said to have been after an extensive search, yet the parents were never informed. The timing was during SAT 10 testing and disrupted the students. It was also kept from the parents until after the "first choice" applications were taken for the local public school system basically trapping families from being able to leave. The CEO of Performance Academies (this is a chain charter) has shown a complete lack of respect for the students and parents of this school and I would be wary of any of them. It might look good right now but it can change very quickly, with no warning. BEWARE!
--Submitted by a parent

Just remember that when picking a school you should really look at the whole picture. This school had changed locations 3 times since opening. There teacher retention rate is low, although I was told it was 100%. I personally asked parent with kids there and most of the teacher with the exception a about 5 have turned over since the start of the school year.They are more than happy to take students with IEP's and 504 needs, becuase they get more money. You are the parent so be ready to stand up for kid and make sure you are getting everything from them that is outline in your accomadations. This school is getting ready to move again and with moving and growing comes growing pains, just be prepared to endure them. Remember FCAT is how they get paid and they teach to FCAT after christmas break and dismiss other subjects.