Valley Christian Academy

My son has loved this school so much. The staff are great and he's even reading before kinder! It's been a great foundation for him.

Friendly, welcoming and wonderful school. They treat my son with such care. They have a great atmosphere and my son loves going their after school.

We couldn't be HAPPIER with the experience our 2 children had for their first year of schooling. The staff is incredibly caring toward each student and I even noticed at the end-of-year exercises, that the assistant director had every child's name memorized--First and Last! THAT'S attention to detail! We have been in a hard situation this past year, and the staff partnered with us in prayer, and other ways, to walk alongside us through this time. My children learned about life and Jesus, while making friends and memories that will last forever. We can't wait to see what next school year holds. We love this school!

I had two sons that attended Valley Christian Academy (VCA). My oldest son began attending when we moved to the area in 2021. He had a great experience with the teachers at that time. As time went on, staff and teachers changed, I started noticing significant changes in our experience. I did grow fond of the teachers and staff so I let things go. Earlier this year my oldest son at this point was in the pre-k classroom. Everyday he was getting into trouble and being bullied by a particular child. The child told him "I won't be your friend if you don't do XYZ." The behaviors my son was demonstrating were things he never did before. They tried to separate them but my son wanted so badly for this student to accept him and like him. In April I was approached by a teacher who said "today a student threatened to shoot (my son's name)." I later learned that the student who made the threat was the student that had been bullying my son all year. The teacher said that she wanted to tell me face to face and not in a message. I went home after the shock wore off and I contacted the staff. I could tell there was no protocol for this type of incident and the teacher wasn't trained or prepared for it. I went through the entire handbook and there was not one thing mentioned on how to address a threat of violence made on a student, teacher, staff or administrator.No one was made aware of this threat nor was the student sent home. I asked for immediate action. That was denied. I was told that Renee Green, the owner of VCA thought the threat "wasn't serious, he's only in pre-k." Hello??! Have you been listening to the news in the last decade?! Once Renee finally contacted me she said that they were taking it very seriously and would be meeting the family. The student remained in the class and I was told he was being "kept away from" my son. I sent emails to follow up on the plan that was going to be put in place and I was met with "we're working on..he's going to be evaluated." The student was never removed from the school for any length of time and to my knowledge he never was mandated to seek counseling like I was promised. Once my oldest son graduated pre-k I enrolled him in another school.My youngest son remained in the daycare classrooms. I loved his teachers in the nursery & room 100. It was like I was leaving him with his aunts. Once he moved us to the next classroom his behavior took a turn. He was screaming for me not to leave him everyday. I was constantly receiving a daily report of behavior & it was really stressing me out. For example, he was "stealing food" from other students. They decided it was best that they put him in a highchair that was separate from all the other students. When my husband picked him up early he noticed his snacks were on a highchair in the corner of the room. I immediately pushed back on this decision & asked if someone could sit with him. They replied that this wouldn't be something they could do because they didn't have enough teachers to provide this service.I wanted to see his behavior for myself so I watched the cameras. I saw students following him, invading his space, after multiple warnings from my son, my son reacted with frustration or by physically moving them away. I think this is normal behavior for a two year old. When I would pick him up the same students would be in his space. They usually would be asking for hugs. He would turn his back. I told him to say "no thank you." The teachers would say "(student's name) you are so sweet, (my son's name) doesn't want your hug." It was always my son's problem that he didn't want his space invaded. I started to notice that the teachers wouldn't be thrilled to see us in the morning. One teacher in particular (Kristen, who served as a substitute) would sigh and look away when we walked in the classroom. She would then speak to my other son and not me or my son who was in the classroom. The last straw was when I was given a notebook that the teachers were using to document all my son's behaviors throughout the day. For example "8:45am - (my son's name) threw two toys in 10 minutes. Reason: unprovoked. 8:50am (my son's name) pulled a student's hair when she took a toy he was putting away.Parent Notes:"In the "parent notes" section I was asked to give my thoughts and let them know if similar behaviors were happening in our home. That was it for me. I sent an email to the director and told her my son would not be returning. After speaking with her she told me that she witnessed the teachers treating my son differently than the other students in the classroom. My son was one of the two black students in the class. I find myself thinking the color of his skin played a role in his treatment. He was treated like he was a burden to his teachers. Many teachers and the director loved him but they weren't in his class. I couldn't stand by while someone treated my BABY this way and on top of this pay $1500/month for this treatment.

They lost my children and let two young girls leave the school with a different family and wander outside. When someone found them outside, they did not share that with the people inside or make any effort to reunify the family. They sent me room to room inside the school to try to find with little to no assistance. Safety is a serious concern at this school.