Manatee School for the Arts, Palmetto | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

I want to be very clear in this, originally I gave it 1 star. Which is honestly what I thought the school deserved. However most(if not all) real issues are non existent. The food. While it may be slightly overpriced. Is WAY better. The busses. Should be way better. The system needs work, and yes, is quite frankly terrible.
The staff. While slightly disorganized last year, are definitely better this year, take the time and talk to them. They do a lot that you don’t even know about. They’re not biased in any way, because there’s no way they could hold a job that way. I’ve had my fair share with some of the issues, but everyones had issues at every school. Theres also a ton of kids, so for parents complaining about the extra attention their kids need, the school can only do so much in classes with 20+ kids. The teachers still have to also grade papers,and spend time out of their day making sure their lesson plan can fit most if not all students so they understand. Imagine sitting for hours, every day, grading hundreds of papers, making a useable lesson, and still have time with your own family. There’s no need to complain in a review if its obviously not doing anything. Contact the school. Give constructive criticism, it does more than you realize.

I feel like every school has their share of ‘bad teachers’ but for me there were way less than you’d expect. and I wouldn’t even call them ‘bad.’ other than the few teachers I found less than ideal, MSA is honestly one of the best and most accepting schools I have ever been too. People always find little things to criticize Msa for, but for me that school holds nothing but good memories. I did not attend this past year and will not be attending this next year and that fills me with nothing but sadness. Msa is and forever will always be some of the best years of my life. The Teachers were wonderful, and the students were almost always accepting. I know that Msa deserves five stars. This school has been nothing but good to me and my friends who also attend. If I could I would give it more than five stars.

Disorganized Admin staff. Rude. Disrespectful to students and parents. They refuse to listen to anyone. They have borderline corporal punishment for detention (force kids to sit in a way that is not ergonomically correct for an hour; causes him pain) Teachers are rude and have no respect for children. My son complains about being mistreated days on end. No respect for people that have any shortfalls on their learning. Son needs extra help sometimes and has to beg to get it. Teachers are always too busy. Never get a one-on-one with any of his teachers. They rarely answer emails or return calls. Make it so hard for parents to be involved or help with the child’s learning.