We applied for our two children and were genuinely excited--on paper, it seems like a great school…read moreand it's within easy walking distance from our home. Unfortunately, we learned that the school does not allow students to be walked or biked to campus, even by parents. This means driving less than half a mile and sitting in a daily carpool line, which feels unnecessary and out of touch, especially given that there are sidewalks the entire route. The policy is explained as a "safety concern," but that reasoning doesn't hold much weight considering the neighborhood and infrastructure. It's disappointing that such a rigid rule would outweigh common-sense solutions. It's a shame they'll lose not only two strong prospective students, but likely others in our walkable neighborhood as well. Ultimately, this experience raised concerns about how inflexible the administration may be on a day-to-day basis, and we're relieved we discovered that before enrolling.

Let's start off with the red point green point system and how much they can contradict each other…read more My child got a red point for acting like a wild dog on the playground and his friends ran away from him "scared" then they ran back and one friend got too close and got hit on accident in the face. But my child was in "her" personal space. Let's rewind to months ago when my child and another child were on the play ground and this other child didn't want to play the game mine was, got angry, chased him down on the play ground and pushed him to the ground. My child got a warning, had he not been in the child personal space he wouldn't have been pushed to the ground. Back to present day I sent a firm email saying I felt it was ridiculous he gets a red point because the girl came back to his personal space. And it was a complete accident. I also stated when can children be children, mind you they are 5 years old getting punished for an accident. I said it's not a military boot camp. I was firm and to my grounds in the emails. Never cursed, never said inappropriate wording or anything but called for a meeting. We met the next day. Walking in it was a 4 on 2 conference. 2 of the teachers, 2 administrators, my husband and myself. Everyone introduced their self and i absolutely stayed on my guard with them, we were already outnumbered. Meeting starts out basically telling us this is how it is, this is how it's going to go and that's it. No one once said explain your reasonings with why we were frustrated or why we are confused with him getting a red point. We had to interrupt either the principal or assistant to get a word in. The principal Laurie Matthews at one point looks at my husband and said you, your pleasant to talk to and then looks at me and says your emails were absolutely disrespectful to Mrs Williams. At this point they are gas lighting us to lose our cool and I said perfect. I wasn't sure what was disrespectful in the emails nor did my husband. Fast forward the meeting is getting heated, Laurie Matthews gets up stands over my husband in "his personal space" being micro aggressive with her tone, i stood up and said this is absolutely not happening where someone's standing over us talking down to us inserting dominance. She claims she was just trying to reenact the situation. Well ma'am your not practicing what your preaching. The assistant principal Kristin Gyure attempts to de escalate the situation but in the same token gas lights me. Told me I need to simply talk to my son about it and move on, simple as that, Laurie telling us that since we are stricter about the red points and taking things away when he gets them then we need to loosen the reigns on our policies at home with his punishment if he gets red points. Again I haven't raised my voice, said anything aggressive, any bad words but at this time we still are trying to get them to see our side as well. I even expressed when they told me we needed to understand their side that it works both ways and for a situation to be resolved and not escalate both need to be willing to see each others side. I stated I think we need to leave this meeting for now. Kristin yet again interjects and tells us we're making a mole hill out of an ant hill. And she dosnt want it to get to where Carson is no longer there. I wasn't taking that as a threat they were going to kick him out because in an email I wrote I feel I'm being pushed to the point of taking him out. Again we said we should table this meeting, they said let's agree to disagree and I shook my head because I didn't agree with how that whole meeting played out. 1 we were never allowed the table to speak from the get go, 2 they were not practicing their own policies of being respectful and professional. I'm sorry but Laurie Mathew's stepped out of character at times and was disrespectful to me on occasions and 3 we were going in circles and getting no where. I finally stood up to leave they said something and I said I'm just going to take it up the chain. About 35 minutes of leaving that office Laurie Matthews calls my husband to tell him they are unenrolling my child because of my "disrespectful behavior" and they needed to protect their students and staff. I never yelled, cursed nor made any threatening remarks or passes. I was not allowed to pick my own child up, I couldn't come on campus. He asked what could he do to appeal, they have no appeals and you are not allowed to ever attend ever again. He told them I'm going through the stress and hormones of IVF and possibly a failed transfer and Kristin who we didn't know was on the line piped up and said it dosnt matter what your going through you still have to be professional and respectful. I guess she's never been pumped with an over abundance of hormones and lost a pregnancy. This school if you do not obey and agree with them will kick you out. Not even obeying their own standards or protocols of a written warning which we never got.

6/18/22: I went to this school for a basketball game my son was playing in. It is a beautiful…read moreschool. I can't speak to it academically, but the facility itself is beautiful and clean. The gym had bleachers although the basketball team staff told us they wouldn't have any. So, there was plenty of seating available for families. The only issue I had was that there was no snack or drink machines there. I know all schools don't have them for their students, but a lot of them that I've been in do. It would've been nice being that they have i9sports games there & there are no concession stands. Parents get parched & hangry being there all day without a little something to wet our whistles & calm our growling stomachs, and we aren't allowed to bring in outside food/drinks.

I'm so grateful my kids have been able to attend this school. Our public school continually got rid…read moreof more and more of the "fun stuff" such as music, art, P.E., etc. but Endeavor prioritizes every aspect of learning including the arts, math, science, language arts, character development, life skills such as organization and turning things in on time. Just like at any school, you won't love every single thing about anywhere but Endeavor gives its families very little to complain about. My only word of caution would be that if your child falls outside the range of "normal" or learning in a traditional way, Endeavor might not be the right fit as it does not have the resources to help those kids but I have seen them taking steps to try to improve in this area and hope in the future they'll be able to be more accommodating. Honestly though, our public school refused to do anything to help my daughter despite her having an obvious need so I have zero faith in any school to spend money/resources on the needs of one child. Overall, this really is the best school in Wake County.

This charter school is phenomenal! Seeing as it is such a small school, the students and teachers…read morereally have striving opportunities to connect one-on-one. From what I hear from friends and family, the school is a very safe and is basically a family. I'm times of hurt and in needs-of strength, the student body comes together as a whole. The education is UNBELIEVABLE, seeing that their college acceptance rate is 100%. So glad my family decided to put the kids here. Love love love! Wish I could've gone myself lol.