Fusion Academy- not what we expected
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Anonymous
Not that poster but some public school systems offer virtual and/or early college so kids can take classes at community college and get HS credit for it. Usually, it starts jr. year. I'm not sure how parents homeschool high school kids in higher levels and usually homeschooling is kids doing an online class or self taught class which in less kids are really smart and motivated that sounds like a set up to fail (or you have parents who can actually teach). |
Anonymous
| maybe it depends on the campus? We have had an AMAZING experience for my daughter. literally a game changer and life saver. |
Anonymous
Agreed. We had a very positive experience at the Rockville campus. My high schooler was even a little ahead when he moved to a new school mid-year, which really helped smooth the transition. The set-up at Fusion helped restore his confidence. |
Anonymous
Do you mind if I ask which campus you had a great experience with? We are looking at dc but I’m not sure if he might have more social interaction at the Tysons one… |
Anonymous
| Different poster but we’ve had a very good experience at the Tyson’s campus. I feel like there is a lot of contact with the school. The homework cafe leaders also reach out. |
Anonymous
| We are also at Tysons and it has been a great experience for my kid - life changing, in fact. Definitely recommend this community. |
Anonymous
| We’ve had a great experience at the Columbia campus. |
Anonymous
| I’m one of the PP who said we’ve had a good experience at Tyson’s. I wanted to add more detail - good experience in that the administration and teachers are heavily involved in the community. I feel like I can call them and work through things. I also like that they are strict on behavior and respond quickly. My child doesn’t have academic issues though so I don’t know what kinds of support exist. I do always remind myself that no school is perfect - and you bring all of your problems with you - the academics are very solid and the stress level because of the schedule and environment low. Socially it’s small but my child does have friends and social connections. You also get a daily write up for each class so if there was a problem I like that I’m in theory not going to be blind sided (which I was by our previous school) |
Anonymous
| They have no idea how to deal with kids with disabilities. We had a bad experience at Alexandria. |
Anonymous
Same for us - at Alexandria. I acknowledge my child’s behaviors in homework cafe/lunch but there really wasn’t any effort communicated to us to try to help my child overcome difficulties with a particular peer. They did return our deposit when they said my child could not continue there so that is something. |
Anonymous
PP here who wrote about Tysons - when we were looking at schools our ed consultants told us some campuses were very very hit or miss - they highly recommended Tysons. |
Anonymous
| My child has dyslexia/dyscalculia and goes to Columbia. I posted above, they don’t remediate, which wasn’t expected, but they accommodate and tailor to her strengths. We’ve been very happy and it has been her best school experience in about a decade. That being said, her social life is not based around the school at all. |
Anonymous
| Some people commented on the quality of teachers. Pay is a huge problem and as a result they have a lot of turnover at some campuses. Also, teacher qualifications are iffy - most are not trained as educators so it depends on what they are teaching. For some subjects content expertise is more important than teaching experience. |