West Pioneer Academy

My son’s 8 months at this school were a disaster. The school promises that it can work with kids with various abilities and needs, but this was not our experience. First off, there were three different teachers in my child’s class within about 6 months (the director had to step in as teacher after they FINALLY removed a truly horrible teacher from the classroom, months after they should have). They promised many programs and classes and failed to deliver. Blogs and other educational/​communication tools were started up and abandoned within weeks. School-​parent communication was poor and too often unprofessional. Classrooms were small, busy, and disorganized. Academics were completely erratic. And despite the school failing to deliver on so many things they claimed they would provide, when we made the decision to withdraw our child part way through the year, they refused to refund even a penny of the full year tuition we had paid them. We considered taking them to small claims court, but quite honestly, wanted to be done with West Pioneer forever, I know some kids who are doing OK there, but my child is now at a (free!) charter school with incredible resources, professional, caring staff and environment, and strong, individualized academics. West Pioneer looks great on paper and can make a strong sales pitch, but parents should be sure to do their research into how the school actually functions.

West Pioneer Academy is a new private school that my children have been going to camp at this summer. The staff is fantastic, the 2 acre campus is inviting and the girls are loving every day they spend there! Not only do they do fun, creative summer activities, they are also keeping their academic skills up with some fun math, language arts, and science lessons. There is even a music teacher that comes to teach the children in small groups. Every Friday is water day and they either go to a pool or blow up the water slides for the kids to play on. This is a great place for school age kids!