Harmony School of Political Science and Communication - Austin

Harmony schools are not what they claim to be. Class rataios are not 11:1. My daughters class last year was 22:1 and this year is 26:1. My sons class sizes are similar. It is not math and science intensive. Both my kids qualified for science GT but there is no GT science. Bullies run the school. There is no discipline enforced. The noise level is so loud for lack of proper interior acoustics my children get a headaches every day. My 4th grader has lunch on the sidewalk in a closed courtyard where high school students are playing tag football. Safety is a grave concern. Undocumented (no ID) construction worker roam all over campus. Construction takes place during the school day near students. There is no playground, no gym, no cafeteria. My 2nd grader eats lunch in her classroom where there are now bugs. Her recess is in an auditorium with no acoutical tiles so it is really, really loud. My 4th graders recess is in a courtyard where high school students eat lunch at the same time and bully the elementary students. Most importantly for a school the academic rigor is non-existant. Harmony spends a lot of money on recruiting students with promises that do not exist.
—Submitted by a parent