Vista Peak 9-12 Preparatory

Overall some teachers really push you to do your best and others really dont look out for you.

I love Vista 9-12, all four of my children will be Vista graduates!

Vista Peak is a good school. It has very good teachers as a general rule but does have some significant issues. The school is trying to be much too politically correct. The leadership is a bit weak and more concerned with being popular than leading. It punishes good students and allows poor/disruptive students to run the show. These issues have been exacerbated by the extreme budget cuts from APS and the significant increase in the number of students.

As a parent that has been very involved with my child's experience since Vista Peak opened its' doors I believe that the administration has had the best interest of the students as its primary mission. I do believe that needed changes in leadership have occurred, and that other changes are needed. I do feel like policy as I enforced confuses students sometimes and despite the reason for the policy, the best interest of the students may not be at the forefront; for example dress code. Either there is one that promotes the best interest of all students or not. I say this because we are in an era of increasing sexual related assaults/harassing behaviors however students are given free will to come, as they want. Daily when I drop my child off, there are students who are under dressed. It is my opinion that if we are trying to help them to become professionals then we should be enforcing dress codes that promote their success in the future. When they go into the workforce there will be dress codes, and depending on the college there will also be dress codes. Hormones are going wild during their high school years, so my question is why are some of the things that students are allowed to wear into the school allowed today. I know some will say well they can't afford this or that, but look at the cell phones and the shoes and in some cases the cars and that argument goes out the window. The counseling staff and most of the teachers are very passionate about helping students succeed, and this is were the GRIT does come in because they challenge the students that want to learn to go beyond their assumed capacities.