Young Women's Leadership Academy

My daughter attends this school and my husband and I are pleased with the overall education she is receiving. She is in the 8th grade and transferred midway through the seventh grade. She came from a presitigious private school in Fort Worth and has found the school an acceptable substitute.
--Submitted by a parent

I really like the principal. She is really doing a good job on this new campus. It is a small school, and a safer enviroment with less MS drama. The academics are higher, and they offer tutoring classes for the students before the school starts. They are very strict about uniform, and have a demerit system. We are having a good experience there.
--Submitted by a parent

I think the school has wonderful teachers! Only about 3 of them are actually new at teaching. Almost every morning/ day the new teachers get "graded" on how they teach. They are given their grade the teachers can improve their teaching. Last year this school was Exemplary! I wonder how we will do this year with the new test STAAR not TAKS, and all. When I heard the word AVID I thought it was ABET too not AVID. Nobody really enunciates every single letter that they say. The parent also said Elementary... is this really an ELEMENTARY SCHOOL? No, it is not. It is a Middle and High school. All I need to day is that this is a great school! I promise its safe. =D
--Submitted by a student

This school is a disappointment. The leadership is weak, the academics are weak and the teachers are inexperienced. They claim the academics include all honors classes, but they only require a 75 average to get accepted. So if you are really smart (a 75 average in public schools means remedial classes when you get to college) don't go here because they have nothing for you. They will spend all of their time trying to bring the average students up to PRE-AP level. Look at the student writing below and you will see what I mean. (id=is, surrounding=surroundings, ABET for AVID) The school is promoting and celebrating ignorance. Oh, and don't let TAKS scores fool you. I found out in elementary school that the passing scores for some of the TAKS tests are 65%. So you tell me, if 35% of students pass with a 65% does that really mean much?
--Submitted by a parent