Wayside: Sci-Tech Preparatory at 6405 South Interstate 35 Frontage Road, Austin, Texas.

The staff at this school are very good at telling you all the great things they will do for your child. Unfortunately, the actions do not match the lip service. It's all just talk and my son has received none of the help he was promised when I transferred him. Also, make sure your child does not forget their lunch as the school will not help in any way and will let your kid go hungry until release at 4pm. Any time there is an event or they want my son to do tutoring over the weekend, I always receive only 24 hours notice or less. They actually called me on a Monday over the summer, asking me why my son wasn't in school that day. Apparently, he was supposed to go to summer tutoring but of course, nobody bothered to inform me. The letter for summer tutoring was sitting in my mailbox THAT DAY when I got home from work. So, I guess i needed to be psychic in order to have him there. The idea of a charter school is nice, but the reality is fewer services and a rotating staff. Both the principal and dean of students left without notice and much of the teaching staff as well over the summer. Good luck trying to get a hold of anyone. The receptionist only answers about half the time and messages and emails are ignored. Definitely not impressed but also not surprised. Public schools in this country are a joke. If I could afford private school or had the time as a single mom with 2 jobs to home school, that's what I'd be doing.