Gateway Charter Elementary School

This school is terrible, they do not pay attention to the kids and seem only to be concerned with numbers to get paid. My daughters have been here for a year and I will not be going there next year. If you are considering this school look elsewhere.
--Submitted by a parent

My so they say boyfriend goes to school here and he is so sweet!It is just the fact of I don't know if he likes me.

To many kids in the classroom..or need more teachers in classroom. one teacher to 30 kids thats crazy
--Submitted by a parent

Are you kidding!! The staff was a joke. The VP would hardley speak, and the Principal never even showed up the meeting that we had scheduled, an I'm new to the school!! Not a great way to introduce the school. Needless to say, I took my kids else where. Are these kids getting an education??? Think twice before sending your kids to Gateway Charter.
--Submitted by a parent

My 2 Children have been in this school for the last 2 years. The teachers and the front office staff are the best. But the new principal is a big disappointment. I will be giving this school one last chance with the 2010-2011 year with the hope that the management style will change.
--Submitted by a parent

Students recieve a very good education. They challenge the students everyday. I highly recommend this school.
--Submitted by a parent

Our children have attended for 3-years and is a superior institution that exceeds both the quality of education and facilities to the most expensive private schools. The school requires uniforms which eliminates peer pressure and instills children to properly dress as they should. Teachers are great but could improve on administrative functions from time to time. The school is superior to the best state institutions and wouldn't have our children in any other school but Charter USA. Our son just graduated from Charter Senior and would rate the same as elementary. As for parent pickup system, it is professionally operated and highly efficient but with the volume of students in the school it does require a wait time for parents. The children are well cared for and safety a priority during parent drop off and pick up. This is an A+ school and deserves the rating by all means.
--Submitted by a parent

There are two girls in the third grade class that are terrorizing, stealing from and then lying to cover-up. Nothing is being done to protect the other children since the teacher is not around when they do it so when we complain she cannot do anything. The parent pick-up and drop-off system is a nightmare that keeps getting worse. This year the school has been focused more on fund-raisers than being an educational institution. The new Principal is a huge disappointment.
--Submitted by a parent

we just switched my daughter out of gateway charter today. Very sad. Her grades were good and the teachers are great. But there was a group of girls who ran around like a pack of wild dogs threatening the weaker girls. every attempt to let the principal know went unanswered with 'I need physical proof.' and would not even talk to them. This months people magazine has a story right on the cover about a girl who killed herself because she was being bullied and the principal tuned the other way. This could easily happen at gateway middle. Its ashame she had to leave this great school because of bullies. Maybe this principal will do something once someone is seriously hurt or even killed. Is this the kind of super vision you want your child to be under ?
--Submitted by a parent

This is my daughter's first year at this school. I am absolutely disappointed. I thought taking my daughter to a Charter school would benefit her more than one of the surrounding public schools. I believe I was sadly mistaken. Everything about this school is pure chaos. The pick up line, the lunch room, the lack of communication.. the lesson plans... everything. We are not informed (and if we are we are given 1/2 days notice) of upcoming projects or class events. I will definately be removing my daughter from this school at the end of the year. I drive over 20mins to take her to (what I thought was an A+) school, and I am sadly disappointed.She learned more from a pt nanny that she has in the few months she has attended this school. Thank God structure is shown at home, this school is severely lacking structure!
--Submitted by a parent