Cherokee Charter Academy

Certainly, when a school like this first starts, there are growing pains. Knowing that ahead of time, I very nearly waited until next year to apply for my daughter's spot. Still, knowing that perhaps she wouldn't be able to get in next year, we opted to accept her spot and held on for a probably bumpy ride. What a good decision! Despite the growing pains, despite the driving, despite the drama with our school board, this has been my daughter's best year in school. She's met wonderful friends and has LOVED her teacher! A bonus -- the network the parents have found in each other has been amazing! So, we will continue to attend CCA -- hopefully through to 12th grade -- and I will continue to support the parents' right to opt for a public school they find to work best for their children.
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This school was started out of a desire for parents to have a choice regarding their child's education. Our child was also there when the school first opened, and we were very hopeful and excited at having differentiated instruction and more parental involvement. However, it became clear after the first month that they didn't really want parental involvement at that time, and there was no differentiation. Most of the classwork was worksheets, and not very challenging ones at that. I realize there was a lot of pressure to get CCA up and running in a VERY short amount of time, but I have to question why so many out of state teachers were hired? It's true that there were some "layoffs" and subsequent staff "reshuffling". I accepted that the first few months were going to be a huge adjustment. I just had no idea that the work would be so elementary and worksheet heavy. Also the one and only time I spoke with the Principal, she was already starting to focus on the spring's CRCTs. I thought that by touting creativity and differentiation it would make the school less focused on standardized testing. I hope they can turn it around as some of our good friends' kids are still there
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This is extremely concerning. I am starting to doubt my decision and am wondering if I should have just enrolled her at Arnold mill. I do know what you mean about the defensive parents. I encountered a couple of parents like that whenever I raised questions about the school. I have heard great thing academically about this school and that was my primary reason for enrolling my child...
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My school began middle school in Cherokee County public schools. What happened there astonished me. She had always had a great love and excitement for learning and is a gifted child. When she got to middle school she was enrolled in "advanced" classes in all subjects. There was NOTHING advanced about her classes and some of her teachers were not "highly qualified" to teach gifted students as they didn't even have degrees in the subject area (social studies). When my daughter finished her work and asked for enrichment, she was told to just go back to her seat and read. When she began to get in trouble for reading, she shut down completely. Tears were the norm every morning and she voiced her hate for school. CCA has been a blessing to our family. My daughter thrives in her "gifted" classes and has minted straight As in all subjects. She loves chorus and was a cheerleader. She competed with the technology team. Most of all, there are no more tears in the morning and her zeal for learning has returned! I am one happy parent!!!!
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