Cleveland Preparatory Academy

"I gave this school many chances, when I sat in my sons class all day, I was bothered by the outcome. My son is special needs and the school was not meeting his needs, they said they had the services but never applied them. I ended up getting a lawyer involved. The children were NOT learning, teacher couldnt teach, found out she has never been in a classroom, she was an online teacher. All she did was yell and never paid attention to what was going on. Kids running with scissors and throwing objects across the room, I actually removed my child from that class that day, his intervention specialist never made attempts to fix the situation. I got the principal involved that day I sat in, the next day he sat in and he finally seen my fears and what was really going on. The whole class minus a few had after school detention. The class was a 3rd and 4th grade class together, but being taught lower grade classwork. I discharged my child from this school within 3 days, but he never set foot back into that classroom since the day I sat there. The school my children attended now, they have activities, field trips, extracurricular activity programs, and sports to be played and summer programs. Cleveland Preparatory Academy didn't even have a gym teacher that stayed long enough to get to know the students, no field trips and no awards for hard work. Cleveland Preparatory Academy didn't even have air conditioning in the school and on the hottest days of the year they would pile all the children in the lunchroom because I was the only room with air conditioning. I have never seen a school more unstructured than this one and I made multiple complaints to HR and they never attempted to do anything but once I got a lawyer involved then they wanted to make it seem as if they were going to rectify and fix all the situations and they never have. The same week I discharged my son from the school so did several other parents from the same class. I really hope this school gets its act together and really teach these kids the fundamentals they need and prepare them for success, because my child wasn't being even prepared for the 4th grade. Not only that, my child came home and asked me if he was normal because the teacher told the entire classroom that my son was special because of the way his brain works and I had to explain to my son that no child is alike and every child is unique. Dr. Perkins why is great to talk to and try to amend any issues but all these issues seem to be out of his hand because of the Board of Education not allowing him to take full corrective action. I have even set in the board meetings to support the school and give my Outlook and let them know where they are going good and where they need work but nothing ever got any better."

"Not a GREAT school for a child with special needs. My son teacher was one of the worst ever. She had no control of the class. Long story short. My son was pulled out and placed in a better school."

"Nexus was horrible. Now they got bought out over the summer and moved all the way across town and Tah Dah they are Cleveland Preparatory Academy. We can't get transcripts, OGT scores, or EIPs for graduates of Nexus Academy. Gov Kasich!!!??? How can this be allowed? The state doesn't have any oversight of this? I can't even file a complaint? The new Cleveland Preparatory Academy is so disorganized they won't even call me back! Don't go to Cleveland Preparatory Academy on Pearl Road! They probably will close in a couple years! This is an example of horrible charter schools -- horrible community schools. Just horrible."

"The school never did anything extra for the kids. Anytime they had something going on, they made it an open house for the whole community to join. Nothing was ever targeted for just the students or the parents. I love the teachers. Very kind and helpful in the education setting. I never understood why my child child was coming home with religious information until I learned the principles wife was head of some church. Last I had checked it was a charter school. Not a private/catholic school. To top it off they called me two days AFTER the school year ended to inform me the school was closing. They informed me that they just found out that morning, but to my knowledge my child never got anything for summer school and the returning year. So to tell me that they JUST found out their sponsors were not renewing is absurd. The list they gave me for other options were schools located either 20 minutes away for on West 41st and Clark. No thank you! Thankfully I got my son into a new school at the top off our street I had interviewed during the school year for a potential change. If it wasn't for his teachers and the helped he received there, he would have been pulled from the school sooner. Very disappointed in this school, but my heart goes out to the staff."