Journeys Academy

My children did not attend the school. But last year students from journeys were allowed to attend winter springs hs. There were fights taking place almost everyday. These students should not be allowed to attend schools in better areas. It's not a building that gets a bad grade it's the people in it. Some people might get offended but I'm speaking what many are thinking. Obviously journeys does not have the best of students according to its ratings and what just a few of those students were turning winter springs hs into.

Not every child that goes to Journey's have an arrest record or have a behavior problem. My son had a Math deficiency and the teacher did not know how to help him so she started a behavioral paper trail which ended up in referrals and suspensions. It caused him to lose hope because of the many times he missed instruction causing him to receive F's in all of his classes. He ended up in a fight because of a negative comment made by a student about his grades. My son is now a B student because the majority of the teachers and staff at Journeys cared about his academics and his life as a male; especially his Math teachers. This experience gave him a whole new outlook on life and his future. If your child is not headed in the right direction, and want to do better, Journeys is a good choice. It might be that there may be a negative in one child, but that negative may bring out the positive in your child and cause him/her to want to do better.
—Submitted by a parent

This school is a last resort for students that have been deemed by teachers, administrators and a member of the school board to not be able to behave properly in general population. For the students that go here and parents that children end up here, wake up. The signs were on the wall. Students that attend this school are expelled for a reason. Most have arrest records and behavior problems. I know from personal experience volunteering with the students at this school. The teachers are very educated, some have PhD, Masters and even former administrators. These children are here for a reason and need to be taught lessons with zero tolerance. They can adjust fine to general population, especially if the parents wise up and admit that it is the child and there fault. Stop blaming others and focus on your family and you will see success. Students don't end up here for no reason.

my son will be attending this school, and i'm not very happy about it, this is his first time ever getting in trouble, he is a good kid, this is his first year in high school, i feel this will bring his grades down, i hear so many bad things about this school, they better hope nothing happens to my son.
—Submitted by a parent

Journeys Academy seems to focus more on holding your child back other than helping them to succeed. Mostly, innocent kids come to this school and hang out with a bad crowd and overall become worse. The students at Journey's Academy dont do well when/if they transition back to a normal school. Its harder to keep up. The see administration and staff as a joke. Definately not a healthy enviroment for anyone. I dont see how Journeys was even thought to be a good enviroment when all they do is take all of the trouble kids and but them all in the same place.

My daughter is currently attending this school and this was the first time she ever got in trouble at all. In a way I think that Journeys has helped her to realize some things... helped her to know that she doesn't want to be like some of those other kids that have been in there two or three times already. She wants better for herself. I do believe that her teachers have a great deal to do with her being refocused and her stepdad and myself talk to her every day and encourage her to do better and let her know how proud we are of her. Granted, I thought Journeys would be different. Like they talk about zero tolerance for this and zero tolerance for that, but there are still kids using drugs daily at Journeys and finding a way to do what they want to do. May daughter tells me everything that goes on in there. It's scary, really. It's like alot of these kids have already lost hope for a better life and a good future.
—Submitted by a parent

this school is a trap for innocent kids who get expelled for silly reasons and dont have behaviour problems. but later on the student hangs around with the wrong crowd and picks up bad habbits thus leading to seccond and third expullsions. but there are some good teachers there.
—Submitted by a parent