Macdowell Preparatory Academy

4201 West Outer Drive

School District

International Preparatory Academy - Macdowell Campus
Grade

PK, K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:20
Type

charter

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 02, 2024

There is no behavior enforcement at this school. The students do whatever they want inside and outside of the classroom. This greatly affects ALL students in the class' ability to learn. It also greatly affects the children who are on the right track to follow the majority of the children onto the wrong track; their behavior and respect level diminishes. The children do not take their classes or school seriously and can pass with little to no effort all school year. The childrens' focus is on romance with one another rather than on learning and witnesses have told me that the teachers and staff do nothing about this focus on romance and that much of the staff and teachers actually encourage it or just look past kids kissing in the hallway or girls and boys chasing one another hitting them to flirt in the hallways. They do this when they are late for and should already be in class as well as before class time starts.
Submitted by parent on November 07, 2022

This is a very bad school to send your children to.The administration is very strict about curriculum even though the curriculum isn’t really teaching the kids anything. The kids barely listens to the adults. There’s barely any discipline or consequences.Administration also has too much control over what goes on in the classroom.
Submitted by parent on March 23, 2022

My wife and I were invited to my daughters award ceremony. We took off of work. My daughter didn't even receive an award! Matter of fact - her teacher didn't even come to work that day. No one at the school could tell us why she didn't receive her award. Staff was rude!