Varnett Charter School

My child is in Pre-K 4 at Varnett. Communication levels are poor . This is the worst school every when it comes to skills. I have never experience such a low class of employees in my life. The classrooms are overcrowded with little organization. The teachers are overwhelmed.....My kid will not be attending Varnett next year.....
--Submitted by a parent

My son has gone to Varnett for 2 1/2 years and most of the time has been a horrible experience. He has been left at school because the teacher did not have him in the right area, there are too many children in a class room and the teachers are unskilled and have no manners. My son cried and did not want to go to school because his teacher YELLED at him daily and I witnessed this on the school monitor with the principal. Her response was she would look in to the situation, things got better and then right back to before. I was told he could not change teachers and told the principal after the semester my son would be withdrawn, she took it upon her self to withdraw him and the last day of school for the semester he was not allowed to go. This school is HORRIBLE and I would not recommend it.
--Submitted by a parent

My child's teacher sent homework home and spelled President Obama's name "OBAHMAH".... need I say more! If you can't spell or know how to form a sentence correctly, then you definitely should not be teaching children ANYTHING!
--Submitted by a parent

2. I bring your attention to "point" number five in the review. PLEASE tell me that this "teacher" knows the difference between "their" and "they're." And more importantly, someone please tell me that he/she is teaching a subject OTHER than grammar! Well, if nothing else, I think I've accidentally stumbled upon one of the potential problems with charter schools. Not all of them, mind you; just the bad ones, which unfortunately appear to be the majority of them. (Cont'd)

Part 2: 3) After I resigned, I never received my last check. Apparently, in the contract it says something about them not paying you if you quit and don't give them 14 business days notice. I knew that going in but it was my first year and I was desperate for a job so that's my fault for signing a BS contract...but hey, it was work. What made it even worse was that on my W2 they factored in compensation I never received from them and now I'm supposed to pay taxes on that money. 5) They're so called "fund raising" idea is for teachers and students to sell cookie dough and if teachers and students don't meet the quota....you're expected to pay out of pocket the difference. REALLY?!
--Submitted by a teacher

School is great the one thing is the uniform are very expensive
--Submitted by a parent

My daughter has been a student at Varnett Charter School since Pre- K 3. I can honestly say that Mrs. Hines is a great teacher and I wished she would have moved to Pre- K 4. Varnett, needs to work on improving there staff starting with the attitudes. My daughters teacher now was hired on Tuesday and school started on Wednesday this year and needless to say she was very unorganized and still is. Students were being moved to other teachers classes because of her and when I addressed to the new director Ms. Gray, I was told that wasnt a option. Open house was very unorganized, the director is all about the money I see.
--Submitted by a parent

I still think Varnett is a good school, but they need some extracurricular activites to offer the kids, every school needs that. I also think that some of the attitudes in the staff could change for the better i've heard some staff members talk very ignorantly to those little kids, so that should be address so they can separate the good teachers from the bad. I love the security they have. I also think that the school uniforms should change b/c every parent doesn't have 20+ to spend on a shirt especially when asking for money throughout the beginning of the school semester until the end, so the uniform shirts could definitely change.
--Submitted by a parent

This school does not provide any extracurricular activities for the students. There test scores are not the best.
--Submitted by a parent

I think that The Varnett School is a great school. My child has learn a lot since she has been attending this school.
--Submitted by a parent