Cesar Chavez Academy

I am so disappointed in Cesar Chavez. My daughter started going there in 1^st grade and has been there a year in a half. She has always been very social, outgoing and friendly, and I wanted her to go to a school that would offer a top notch education, as well as a diverse student background. Although they do have a tough curriculum, I quickly found out that because she is white, she was getting picked on constantly. Being told she was ugly, students calling her names, and since I have a lot of background with youth I taught her to deal with it as best as she could. Unfortunately, when I finally brought it up to the school, they came back and blamed my daughter! In a year in a half, not one single thing was mentioned to me about my daughter being mean to any other student, UNTIL, I called to discuss the bullying she was being faced with. I was on a weekly meeting schedule with her teacher, met with both the supervisor and the principle, and even made an effort to have lunch with her once a week so that I could see what was happening with my own two eyes (which I did see very clearly).
The worst part was when I asked why I wasn’t notified that my daughter was hurting other children when it happened (it had been 2 weeks since the alleged incident was reported), the principle said it didn’t matter, and now that she was telling me we had to get her behavior under control immediately.
I had lots of high hopes for CCA, but in the end, I truly feel that the administration and the teachers are very bad at communicating, even about extremely important topics, and they do not have control over their classrooms. I would HIGHLY recommend taking a tour of the school, but try and do it impromptu so you get a real feel about them before making your decision. My decision has made my once vibrant and happy daughter, depressed and so miserable about going to school that she has cried to the point where I have had to keep her home 3 days this year. No child deserves to be ignored, and that is truly what happened in her eyes. They don’t care about the children, just their reputation.

Finally, a high quality option for K-​8 students in the northwest Denver area.