Harmony School of Science – Austin, Austin | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

We wanted to find a better school for our first grader we thought we did. However this place is an unorganized mess. Orientation was a train wreck. They seemed to be under the impression that everyone should just know where to go and what to do. There were no signs on where to go, tables were scattered in the cafeteria and easily lost among the congestion of people. I still for the life of me can’t understand how the teacher isn’t there for orientation. It said meet returning teachers in the email but I guess that does not include all teachers. They also don’t allow you in the school on the first day so yeah let me drop off my 6 year old with someone I’ve never met before.

I mistakenly left the school supplies there but shortly after leaving knew it wasn’t the school for us. So we called at 8am to pick them up by 4 pm. By no surprise I showed up at 4 and nothing is ready. I finally left with half of what we dropped off but after interacting with the staff and witnessing their unprofessional attitude even bad mouthing another parent, and excuses for their inadequacy i felt it best to leave before I said something that warrants a call to the police. But hey let’s be honest don’t wine about how busy you’ve been… This is what you do. Figure out a system and be better.

These people felt shady, disorganized and unprofessional. By no means did I feel comfortable leaving my daughter with them. A parent should feel confident in a staff that you trust to care for your child I left with zero confidence in this school.

The only reason I’m giving one star is because it makes you give something. The second grade teacher my daughter considers a monster didn’t bother to help her in the subjects she needed help with. It took 3 weeks for them to give tutoring to my daughter. this school is the worst ever. The teacher called my daughter a loser and popped my child on the hand. The principle got involved after seeing that the Assistant Principle and Dean had dug themselves into a hole via emails back and forth with myself of failed promises to help my child. I wouldn’t allow my child to go on the class filed trip because I was scared something would happen.

I should have known better when I saw the custodian shoot snot out his nose to the ground and then wipe his hand on his pants. (red flag one) The front clerk is lazy. When i called to request my daughters files on a Friday I was told they will be ready on Monday. I decided to give her more time just in case Monday’s are crazy due to it being the 1st day of the week. I came on a Wednesday and she hadn’t placed anything together and I explained its been 3 days. I sat down and waited for her to do her job.
I pulled my daughter from this school and I regret bringing her here. I officially hate charter schools because of Harmony School of Science and Harmony School of Political Science.

Please chose another district.