KIPP Destiny Elementary

"This is my son's 2nd year at KIPP. Last year was great! His teacher was always available to answer any of my questions, sent home extra work at my request. The same thing with his current teacher. My issues comes in with the nurse and front office staff. How can a child be enrolled in a school for close to "2" years and JUST now they are demanding his shot records?! I feel like all this should of been checked before my child was even allowed to start school(which it was) I can see a month but 2 years!! Really?! Now I am being told they will not allow my child to come back until they have it. Other issue with them is, I express to them my concerns with my child's reading and they pushed me off until I had to take off and get answers and my child the extra help. I also requested for a weekly report to be sent home with my child each Friday so I may know what his goals were and what I need to focus more on at home and I was told that "That was very new to them because parents normally don't want this info" Even after having a meeting with the principle nothing has changed. THIS WILL BE MY CHILD'S LAST YEAR AT THIS SCHOOL!"

"I use to love kipp for my child but this maybe her last year with all these changes going on and communicating thru all app's to get you're child from school come one now some people might not have a phone/phone maybe off it shouldn't never have to be a hassle to get you're kid/kids from school come on now it was soo much better last year im so not liking this school year..... Teacher's barely communicate with the parent's you and some certain staff member's as well dont communicate back.... And if you're child has a certain disability ex. such dyslexia they wanna section them off from other kids.... I hope this school makes some changes asap as far this app to get you're child from school pretty much everything dealing with apps to communicate smh.... Pretty much got me thinking they dont want to see you in person just get on the app and talk to us. Smh... So sad"

"KIPP has definitely met my needs and beyond for my child. He will be returning this year for the second time around. The staff is AWESOME and the communication with the parents are GREAT. I don't mind making the drive to take my son to school, I know he's in great hands."

"I think KIPP Destiny Elementary is a great school. They definitely deliver on KIPP’s promises and I feel that my children have grown academically as a result of the hard work and dedication of the KDE staff. Unfortunately, the criticism of KIPP and charter schools in general is true. They fail to meet the needs of special needs students and students with behavior issues. Though they don’t discriminate against them, they also don’t assess or provide services. Overall, I think if your child is mild mannered and well behaved then you will be very pleased and I would strongly recommend KIPP Destiny. If like me, your child has any disabilities emotional or behavior needs then you may find that KIPP is not a good fit for your family."