Virtual Preparatory Academy of GA @ Jenkins

Main difficulty: I had my child enrolled into this school for 3rd grade with an IEP. The school struggled to keep a special education teacher. The teachers did not assign or complete assignments with my son based on his IEP goals. At the beginning of the year, I specifically asked a special education teacher if she would be collecting data on my child based on his IEP. The answer given was "yes". The teachers did not collect data on my child based on his IEP. The school simply documents the grades on work submitted through the learning software. Only on a handfull of times did any teacher work with my son one-on-one to meet him where he was at and to work on his IEP goals. The school offered to have a Psychologist evaluate my child, but it was clear that the Psychologist could not provide a quality evaluation for my child based on the circumstances which included the fact that his special education teacher had just quit abruptly and none of the other teachers could provide helpful info for an evaluation. I was ignored repeatedly throughout the entire year regarding my concerns. The only way I could get any response from the school regarding concerns about services, grades, IEP meeting requests, etc was to submit a complaint to the Georgia Dept of Education. My child's final grade at the school did not look accurate and I asked for an explanation repeatedly from my child's teacher, the special education coordinator, and the principal, and no one responded to me whatsoever. A couple of the special education teachers were not good teachers. My son had 5 different special education teachers during one year because they came and went frequently. This school is definitely not for kids with an IEP. They do not have an alternative curriculum. I don't know why they accept or agree tp enroll students who provide an IEP that indicates they need an alternative curriculum knowing that they cannot accommodate fairly such a child. I filed complaints to the Dept of Education about th
Area: Communication, Leadership, Inclusion / SEND
What could improve: Be able to keep good special education teachers for an entire year who will collect data based on a child's IEP; Be able to offer an alternative curriculum for students who need it; Provide academic records and explanations for grades promptly;
School responsiveness: Slow or inconsistent
Inclusion support: Poorly. My child needed an alternative curriculum based on his IEP and they did not provide that. He was not worked with to improve based on his own IEP.
Summary: The year was a nightmare and I'm glad it is over.