Wayside: Sci-Tech Middle School

"Scitech is unprofessional when you try to call them they will not pick up the phone .it seems like no one's not in the office at all the . The main principle of the school picking on my son in the hallway while grandmother seeing this. The main principle told my son to stay after school acting all rude to him and other kids and teachers and workers saw that it was unprofessional. What kind of school is this. We need a good principal that's going to stand by our kids not be rude or talk about are bully honestly the principal has issue problems at home. Other kids are talking about the main principle that she is rude and mostly teachers that seeing what she done in the hallways. Do not enroll your kids at all at this Middle School there's other schools to enroll that's better than this. Just keeping it professional I called her left a message no response."

"We've been with the Eden Park and Sci-Tech school system since the very beginning. I pulled my child out after middle school because she just wasn't receiving the kind of education that would prepare her for high school or college. I was right and through tutoring and support, she is thriving and doing well at a bigger high school that offers her opportunities that this small charter just can't. It is unfortunate that Sci-Tech does not have the resources because it does have potential. However, I'd rather that my child's potential be maximized than the school's."

"The staff at this school are very good at telling you all the great things they will do for your child. Unfortunately, the actions do not match the lip service. It's all just talk and my son has received none of the help he was promised when I transferred him. Also, make sure your child does not forget their lunch as the school will not help in any way and will let your kid go hungry until release at 4pm. Any time there is an event or they want my son to do tutoring over the weekend, I always receive only 24 hours notice or less. They actually called me on a Monday over the summer, asking me why my son wasn't in school that day. Apparently, he was supposed to go to summer tutoring but of course, nobody bothered to inform me. The letter for summer tutoring was sitting in my mailbox THAT DAY when I got home from work. So, I guess i needed to be psychic in order to have him there. The idea of a charter school is nice, but the reality is fewer services and a rotating staff. Both the principal and dean of students left without notice and much of the teaching staff as well over the summer. Good luck trying to get a hold of anyone. The receptionist only answers about half the time and messages and emails are ignored. Definitely not impressed but also not surprised. Public schools in this country are a joke. If I could afford private school or had the time as a single mom with 2 jobs to home school, that's what I'd be doing."

"It seems like the bad reviews are from former students who weren't a good match for this school. I have two students at SciTech. We chose this school for many reasons, not the least of which is their candidacy for the exceptional International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme. Uniforms help the students focus on their education rather than the fashion sense of their classmates. As far as the concern about developing a sense of self - if you need clothes to help you define yourself, you've got after school, weekends, and all summer to work on that. School time is school time. Staff are very responsive to students who want to learn. I have also found administration to be fair and easy to work with. I look forward to the new school building for the high school, since the conversion of a former Target is not ideal and it's the one thing I'd really like to change about the school."

"This school is one of the worst I have been to, and I've been to five. The teachers are biased, disrespectful, and rude. The students are very closed minded and are rude because they can and are very ghetto. The staff and office are very biased, and can help you with literally nothing. The dress code is ugly and makes you not growing to be yourself in finding your self, if that makes sense as well as making us look like target workers. I have learned literally nothing at this school, and just hope my past knowledge backs me up. Please do not bring your children here. Thank you, and i will gladly never come here again."