Ivy Academia Charter School

Parents please read, my daughter has been enrolled in this school for 3 years. I truly gave them a try but she wont be going back. My daughter literally said «I dont want to go to that school next year» So im gonna mention a few and these are just a few out of others I did not mention.
As you all probably know already its hard to get a child into a school if you do not live in the appropriate zone. I was excited about her coming to this school because of reviews and what they are about. Over the years I have become beyond fed up with their lack of progress and common sense. Years later they still have no playground for the children, they moved us to the weirdest location behind Taft high school where the entire «school» consists of just bungalows. They force you in different ways to buy uniforms from a specific store so that they can pocket a percentage of the revenue. I found the exact same tops and sweaters for ¼ the cost but it not good enough it must be with the emblem on it that only that one store has access to. If you do not buy them there they discipline the children by putting them in detention and not allowing them to participate in activities. Also they have a designated space they are sent to called «Jail». In addition they have 39 counts of fraud that were proven in a court of law some years back and they require to submit lunch forms which they get $ for and they don’t provide any lunch programs other than one that costs $ 5 a meal a day which is $ 200 a month just for lunch not to mention additional food you still need to provide if they stay after school. Also the After school program is another $ 245-​$ 365 a month depending on how many days you take them. Their recess and lunches are shorter than everyone else’s and its so far to get to playground that it takes 10 minutes just to get out of class and get to a playground that has nothing but pavement and lines on the floor. Getting a hold of them on the phone is an absolute nightmare sometimes which is scary when there’s an emergency or urgent matter and you need your kid. Since there’s no possible way to enter the campus this has been quite frustrating. They put absolutely no effort in their holiday shows they are always an absolute disaster every single year. Her 2^nd grade teacher Mrs Scarpelli should absolutely not be teaching 2^nd graders she would do well in a Jr high or high school but definitely does not have the personality for small children. It would also be nice to have a more diverse group of people running the school at the moment it is all Caucasian women at the moment (2016) which says alot about why they couldn’t figure out that naming a detention space «Jail» was not a good idea. There’s only one Hispanic person in the office but she is not a superior or has power over any policies.