Legacy Preparatory Charter Academy

HORRIBLE!!! RUN. RUN AS FAST YOU CAN AWAY FROM THIS SCHOOL!!!
This place reminds me of a prison where they send kids who can’t cope in regular public schools. The teachers who should be acting like the prison guards or wardens are actually inmates as well.
The school is a located in a sketchy area — the playground is located in the back near a creek — that anyone has access to. The inside of the school is bare. A lot of cement going on — gives it a nice cold feeling.
Teachers — MAN HANDLE KIDS — and like to curse in front of them as well. One teacher even got caught by the FBI (feel free to look that little incident up). And they DENY EVERYTHING!!!
I could go on and on – but I figure you can get a feel of what we went through with this school! STAY AWAY

Legacy Preparatory Charter Academy of Plano gets an «F»!
I called Roxanne in the office in early May asking for a tour of their facilities for my 9 year old daughter. I was told I had to wait until May 30^th for the scheduled group tour and info. I waited 3 weeks. I called the day before «Friday» to confirm that the tour was still on and if I had to do anything like make a reservation or anything. Roxanne said no, just show up at 9 am.
Saturday morning comes. It was rainy and yucky weather but me and my family drove out there. I also had a friend come for her daughter and her whole family were there. When we arrived, there were people standing outside the door waiting for them to open. We sat in our cars for 45 minutes waiting. During that time, I called the office 2 times and only got voicemail. After 45 minutes everyone was giving up and leaving.
By Monday, I had not received a call back from Roxanne from my 2 messages I left that Saturday. I called the office again and got the voicemail. I left a message explaining what had happened and requested that the Director call me back. It is now Wednesday and I have received no call back from Roxanne or the Director.
How can I trust these people with my child’s education if they won’t even return a phone call from a potential student’s parent.
What a joke. Now I am looking for another school. I had such high hopes for this school and they are just one big let down!
Theresa H.
Allen, TX

I have been nothing but disappointed in this school, and after today’s Kindergarten graduation, it just further solidified how much of a chaotic mess this school is.
At today’s graduation, the children sang two African folk songs and one Spanish song, after that recited a short English poem. I am all for culturization, but was just shocked that there were no English songs sung by the kids at their graduation, which is supposed to be a celebration, not a culture lesson. I guess this kind of rubbed me the wrong way because for the past year, my daughter has been confused by how much of the Spanish language this school enforces. She is moving on to first grade and can recite the days of the week in Spanish, but has no concept of a week in English, and that is just one small example of how little English is focused on so that they fully understand it first, before mastering other languages. We have also received communications sent home for the parents that the front is Spanish and the back is in English. I understand we are in Texas where there is a big majority of Spanish speakers, but my household is strictly an English speaking household and it irks me that communications in Spanish are prioritized.
Also, out of my daughters whole class to graduate today, she and another boy were not awarded anything or given special recognition like every other child because her teacher «forgot to print them out». Everyone else’s child got to hear their name and recognitions like A-​B Honor Roll or Most Improved or Star Reader, whereas my daughter got her name called quickly then was off the stage in another moment.
I visited her teacher Mrs. Tapia’s classroom afterwards and found it to be disorganized and dingy, it did not look like a fun place for a kindergartener to learn and grow.
I could go on and on about how much I dislike this school with multiple examples, but the last one I have to offer is that since today was graduation, there was talk that for the rest of the day the kids were only going to watch movies, so I signed my daughter out of school. I went into the front office, where no staff was present mind you, and signed her out, along with other parents. I then received word that Mrs. Tapia was looking for my daughter, she had no clue that she had been signed out! And the fact that no one was at the front office to monitor check outs, any person off the street could have walked in and signed my child out, and it would not have been noticed until this afternoon. There was also no one present at the exit door, so actually anyone could have walked in, picked up my child, and walked out and it wouldn’t have been caught.
I was disgusted by their lack of security when it comes to children and their subpar building as a whole. And the fact that my daughter didn’t get any type of recognition when every other child did because her teacher failed at a very simple task was really the icing on the cake that determined that my child will absolutely not be returning to this school next year. I have made it a point to commit to Plano or Richardson because they produce the best education in the DFW area, but this school brings shame to RISD from their schools organization and appearance all the way to the education they provide.