IDEA Public School- Horizon City

Before sending your child here, Google IDEA Public schools in Texas. Read the teacher reviews, the ex-employee reviews, and even a student testimonial! I felt so lost as to why my daughter was being treated a certain way until I read the reviews and had a multitude of epiphanies. The plan is to move her to Soccoro ISD as soon as possible.After more than a few uncomfortable or unpleasant experiences since the start of this school year, my wife and I decided to dig a bit deeper on the IDEA chain of schools. Not doing so sooner is a regret she and I share.For a little bit there we couldn't quite put our fingers on why exactly we were feeling such discontent with Horizon Vista until our child came home visibly upset on the FIRST day of school citing that their PE that day was allegedly "walking around a field with their backpacks on." I was a little taken aback by this idea since they're in elementary school and not the military but everything with a grain of salt. Maybe her description was inaccurate but the fact she would say something so specific was enough to catch my attention.As the weeks passed my child began coming home more and more upset and just.... kind of beat down. Daily. Continuing my own personal denial, I chalked it up to my child being whiny. "It's 'college prep,' it's supposed to be harder. You'll live, just try harder." The remorse I feel for feeding her that narrative while all along that is basically what she gets nonstop at school is insurmountable. Somehow our little bookworm who loves school so much she'd give up her Summer Break was miserable in her element. The cherry on top of it all is that she claims the adults who work here are the unpleasant ones, not the kids.Is education serious business? Of course. Do I want my child to graduate high school? Absolutely. To go to college? If she so chooses. But fun has its place in school and the only fun Ive witnessed was during a halfhearted, two hour bounce house "party?" that just ended up being some sort of a recruitment strategy to expand their student body and therefore their funding. That's what they seem to care about.My kid has a cognitive disability but has done wonders in school across 3 states. But after reading those reviews online, maybe they're trying to make her miserable on purpose. Which is an outlandish thought, I know. And I think most parents want to claim their child is not the problem and point fingers at the facility and/or faculty. But this is ridiculous. There's so much more than this vague review details but my wife and I are just trying to start the conversation. Read the reviews first before enrolling and check their stats!Also if a faculty member puts their hands on my child again while she's unfortunately still attending this charter, I will respond in kind."Miss a day, miss a lot!" Bite me.