If you're looking for your child to be in a rigorous and enriching academic environment--or even just have a robust social life--this is not the school for you. Students are, in large part, unmotivated to do anything outside of the classroom. Teachers have questionable credibility with a former chef teaching computer science classes because he "felt like making a career switch." My child, who loves computer science and technology, hated that class. The math department is very bad at teaching and just shoves information down your throat without explaining it; let's just say math was a struggle for my kiddo. Other teachers are merely lazy and unwilling to step up to provide experiences for kids. For example, when my child wanted to participate in a competition and needed a teacher from school to sponsor them, they were told by every single teacher he asked that they were unwilling to sponsor his participation because it was "too much work" and he missed out on an opportunity he was really passionate about. Teachers are also extremely biased at this school. There was a teacher who treated her favorite student differently than the rest by consistently giving her favorite student the highest grades. Another teacher targeted my child for no apparent reason by lowering their grades when their quality of work was similar to others in the class. And, this same teacher refused to help my child after they missed weeks of school due to hospitalization and illness. When my child tried to have discussions with this teacher about the class readings and one lunch, the teacher literally said, "no I cannot help you and it is your fault that you missed so much class." Another teacher gave my child an overall B in the class and C's on assignments because of the same excused absences without trying to help my child catch up and learn the material. College counseling is a whole other demon at this school. My child was incessantly bullied and told they would never fare well in the process. The college counselors then proceeded to trash talk them to their peers. It was completely unprofessional and makes me upset to think about. The community at this school is also really fractured. My child said that everyone hated being at school and never hung out with friends outside of school because all of them would say no. The community was also extremely cliquey and, as a parent, it was extremely difficult to get to know other parents; none of them wanted to reach out. The sense of community they advertise is completely fake once you get there. This school is also extremely weird in that one extremely conservative family runs it and makes all executive decisions. There are also a lot of students leaving the school and so they try to push a lot of fake propaganda about the school. For example, the entire school community was emailed an admissions magazine showcasing how great the school is to try to retain students. Students left anyways--including those highlighted in the magazine--because they knew the truth behind the propaganda. I am so glad my child is out of there and no one in my family has to associate with this school any longer. I will not be sending my other children there. read more