La Paloma Academy – Central Campus, Tucson | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

My son has been going to LPA for 5 years now. I give this school a 1 star because the majority of his teachers have been absolutely phonemnal and helped my son evolve into the young brilliant child he is today.  However the leadership at this school from principal ewald is absolutely >>>HORRIBLE<<< which is why it does NOT have 5 stars. Principal ewald will ALWAYS point the finger and play the blame game on everyone else except for who really needs to accept responsibility for the actions that were taken place.  He talks down to the parents with his huge ego and is very combative which is unprofessional.  His inability to effectively communicate/confront parents makes him a poor principal. I have no respect for him because of how he handles school issues but I do like the majority of the teachers at the school.  So since he isn't teaching my child I'll continue to keep my son at this school but be aware of this horrible leadership. UPDATE (8.3.18): I removed my son from this school after finding out the school was having the students pick up bloody bandaids/broken glass/and other trash around the outside campus during the after school program. They were teaching the kids it was everyone's responsibility to clean the community & didnt give them the proper tools to protect themselves or acknowledge the parents. The school is being cheap & trying to cut corners when this is something the janitor should be doing. This is child labor! No one at school could give us a clear answer & refused to pick up the phone after hanging up on us. This is one of the SEVERAL issues your child will encounter if you decide to enroll them at LPA. Also ask them about the "red circle game" where the PE teacher is allowed to throw footballs, basketballs, & soccerballs at the children as they walk around the basketball court & they have to catch it or be injured & NOT allowed to throw it back at the PE teacher. The PE teacher calls this game an evasion sport. More like target practice for him. They switched out the balls with rubber balls when the authorities showed up. This is one of the many dishonest actions that will never settle right with me with how this school handles issues to cover up mistakes. So for your childs safety do NOT enroll them to this school.

I used to go to this school for Kindergarten through 2nd grade. Everyone here was so nice to me. I used to get in fights in Kindergarten all the time but when I hit first grade, everyone started showing respect to me since I was being more kind. From experience, this will be the best move ever. TUSD schools are starting to get rough. What I mean by rough is students fighting, disrespecting teachers, and many other things. I recommend this school because of its amazing teachers, respectful students and great classes!

My grandsons both went there, the oldest was pushed along just to get him out of the school teachers never took the time to help him with his work ,the youngest loved his 1st and 3rd grade teacher. He got bored with the curriculum for him being so smart the never tested him for hate. Mr Ewald is a dumb a$$
Principal the front staff are rude a$$ b******
.the school needs to start over and be reevaluated. Dont send your kids here!!!