Positive Solutions Charter School? (Houston, Nacogdoches: how much, middle school, gated)

[Sally_Sparrow]

I cannot find a website for this school. I can't be that blonde! Who doesn't have any sort of "web presence" in this day and age??? Unless somehow I missed it.

Anyway, all I can find are a handful of reviews on the "Great Schools" rating site. Just wondering if any others here had any experiences or even if you've just heard something one way or another. I am still looking for alternatives for my 15 year old, in the event that he cannot get into ISA. He's not a troublemaker so I don't' want to put him in school with a bunch of troublemakers if you know what I mean, but we are open to a variety of alternatives, even considering K-12 online school maybe, I don't know. All I know is, his school is just not right for him anymore. He is very very bright and very very bored.

[Hedgehog_Mom]

My daughter goes to online school at Connections Academy. It's definitely more challenging than her old school was. She was in GT classes at her last school, but we chose to do the regular classes until we could see how much work was involved, and I'm glad we did.

[SherryM78218]

Sorry, I don't have any information on Positive Solutions Charter School. But, have you looked at their rankings/test scores with the TEA? That might be helpful. Have you looked at other charter schools? You might went to look at SST (School of Science and Technology) -- on 410 near Nacogdoches. Also, there is Harmony Science Academy near 410 and 151.

I am looking at the STEM Academy for my son which is with the NEISD. It is from 6 to 12 grades. Not sure if you are in NEISD district though.

Good luck. I know how difficult it is to find the right school for your child.

Sherry

[Sally_Sparrow]

Originally Posted by Hedgehog_Mom

My daughter goes to online school at Connections Academy. It's definitely more challenging than her old school was. She was in GT classes at her last school, but we chose to do the regular classes until we could see how much work was involved, and I'm glad we did.

Is that the same as the K-12? Is there a local office or something? I checked into K-12 briefly, now they email me nonstop but I haven't investigated it much beyond that, I'll admit.

Do you think the online school is something I could leave a 15 year old to do without a ton of supervision? I'm not here all the time so I wonder. He is kind of a slacker-genius, I'm sure you know the type. He is in 10th grade, was advanced a year. Does your daughter's online school let her set the pace (within reason)? I'd like him to be able to blaze ahead if he were so inspired.

Originally Posted by SherryM78218

Sorry, I don't have any information on Positive Solutions Charter School. But, have you looked at their rankings/test scores with the TEA? That might be helpful. Have you looked at other charter schools? You might went to look at SST (School of Science and Technology) -- on 410 near Nacogdoches. Also, there is Harmony Science Academy near 410 and 151.

I am looking at the STEM Academy for my son which is with the NEISD. It is from 6 to 12 grades. Not sure if you are in NEISD district though.

Good luck. I know how difficult it is to find the right school for your child.

Sherry

Thanks. I haven't looked at the rankings for the Positive Solutions place. I just read that they are more "self paced" and apparently the kids go half days. And, it's close to us. Some of the others seem interesting but are pretty far away, so I've hesitated since we're a 1 car family (though he could do the VIA thing perhaps, depending on which routes). Also I guess I have been a bit soured on charter schools since we've encountered two now that were / are kind of awful, but I know it's not fair to paint them all with the same brush.

He's science-focused for sure, so I should check into those options more.

[Hedgehog_Mom]

Originally Posted by Sally_Sparrow

Is that the same as the K-12? Is there a local office or something? I checked into K-12 briefly, now they email me nonstop but I haven't investigated it much beyond that, I'll admit.

Do you think the online school is something I could leave a 15 year old to do without a ton of supervision? I'm not here all the time so I wonder. He is kind of a slacker-genius, I'm sure you know the type. He is in 10th grade, was advanced a year. Does your daughter's online school let her set the pace (within reason)? I'd like him to be able to blaze ahead if he were so inspired.

Texas Connections doesn't have a local office, they're based in Houston. It's similiar to K-12, I looked into K-12 also but they were full for my daughter's grade when I looked into it. I have heard that K-12 offers more busywork, but TCAH has more opportunity to study things in depth, but that's just what I've heard from parents who have tried both. The way my daughter's school works is that we got a box of books at the beginning of the year, and stuff for science, math, art and PE. Every day she logs on and does the lessons in her planner. She has a couple of lessons that are done with the teacher and her class, using microphones (teacher has a webcam). Most of her work is multiple choice, online, but some of it we have to scan and submit. Every day, I have to check off her lessons as complete and record her attendance. Her teacher is supposed to call us every two weeks, but I've only spoken to her twice since school started (fine with me). My daughter is in 5th grade. Apparently in middle school, the student works more independently and there is less parental involvement necessary, and then in high school the student is pretty much doing it all on their own, at least that's what it said in the orientation materials I had to go through.

I don't know if your son could be left to do it on his own, it would depend on your son's motivation and study habits. I'm also not sure about working ahead...I know we were able to do that at the elementary level but I think in high school there are a lot more of the classes on the webcam. They have info sessions where you can talk to parents of kids who are already enrolled, it might be useful to talk to a parent or two of high school students. They've got some parent volunteers on the website: Contact an Texas Connections Academy Parent They also have a facebook page and you could ask there too. https://www.facebook.com/#!/TexasCon...cademy?fref=ts