Forrest M. Bird Charter School

614 South Madison Avenue

School District

Sandpoint Charter School Inc.
Grade

6-12
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:12
Type

charter

School Map for Sandpoint Charter School Inc.

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on March 19, 2022

The staff is amazing at FBCS. They see my son as an individual, met him where he was educationally and allowed him to explore ideas more in depth. Instead of AP classes, students who are ready take college classes. My son graduated many completed college classes that gave him a year less to do in college. The college classes he took while at FBCS was paid for with the state’s Advanced Opportunities funds given to FBCS.
Submitted by parent on August 14, 2014

I am disappointed in the reviewer that called the Charter School a 'pay to win' school. The Charter School is a public, tuition free school - like any other public school. Standards have to met, nothing is given out.
Submitted by parent on April 09, 2014

Don't understand review just posted. This is not a school parents pay for their children to attend. It is a Charter School, there are no school fees for attendance. My son attends. Just wanted to set the record straight.
Submitted by other on December 04, 2012

As a former student of this school, I can honestly say it is a horrible school. I attended this school all through middle school and part of my junior year of high school. They claim to focus on each child individually, but all that really does is spread out their already thin educational abilities. After going there for one semester, I learned as much as I would have in only a couple weeks at the regular high school. Their education is severely lacking. The money they spend is spent on useless things that do not better the students education. This school does not prepare the students for the real world. They set due dates for whenever the student is done with an assignment, they pretty much hand the student a diploma without them putting out any real effort or having to learn anything. My education was way below standard because of my enrollment there. Also, there is no respect between teachers and students whatsoever. The principal told the entire freshman class about my friends failed credits and how he was "too immature for school.", which is a hugely inappropriate thing to do. Overall, this is a terrible school, hiding behind false statements about helping individual kids.
Submitted by parent on November 28, 2011

This school is very creative, the teachers are hardworking, and my two kids who have attended both middle and high school love SCS/HS! Mr. Kallage is the best; a very talented teacher! The projects the school does are very imaginative and seem to fit the 'real world' of work that adults come into later in life. Keep it up SCS!