Manassas Christian Academy

i am a parent of a former student who posted a review on Unilocal,today I took him back to MCA to visit one of his favorite teachers during the visit he was detained (not to my knowledge I was in the car) by the administration on a review he posted on Unilocal he information was accurate and I will confirm that his experience was not pleasant being a person of color there was discrimination at MCA his experience was very unpleasant and it was brought to administration by me and nothing was done about the cyber bulling, name calling, etc so when the administration approached me in the parking lot I think they was surprised when I agreed with my sons 1^st amendment right of freedom of speech and I am very surprised the administration is still there and am pretty sure the minority enrollment has declined or it should be just to give you an example one kid that harassed my son family did the sports jackets and shirts for the school was never disciplined for his actions just one example so any minorities be aware of where you send your kids

My son attended Manassas Christian academy for about 2 years. He was happy in making friends and enjoyed his teachers and teachers assistant. The only complaint i had is that the principal and assistant principal were not caring enough and did not take complaints of parents seriously. During a fall festival hosted by the school my son got a black eye while playing with a child in their moon bounce. I was later told that this child was unstable. The mom of this child worked at Manassas Christian academy in order to have her unstable child enrolled in school. I made a complaint to the principal and she informed me that I am responsible for what happens to my child on school property. Looking back, I should have called the police and filed a police report. I think the school should hire administration staff who care about children. Compassion is not their strong suit.

RUN! Don’t drink the Kool Aid! Sadly I did, and now our little man is suffering and will have life long impact. In a span of 4 months 2 teachers assaulted my grandson. They actually took his shirt off and made him sit in class like that for 10 minutes because he had the nerve to put on the hood of his MCS sweatshirt. The teacher had many options other than removing his clothing! They ultimately apologized, in writing, assuring me it was taken very seriously, the teacher appropriately addressed, & it would never ever happen again. We left him in the school since it was close to year end & we didn’t want to uproot him. Then just 3 months later yet another teacher that assaulted him by grabbing him by the waste of his pants, pulling out his underwear, and dragged him across the floor. When my sweet little man told me this the second I picked him up at the at the end of the day, I turned and walked him back into the school to talk to the principal and vice principal who did not take it seriously. I filed a police report. My little man was literally afraid to go back to that school without a trusted adult. I cannot say enough bad things about the school these are just two examples. after I complained most of the year that I thought he was falling behind and they kept telling me all was fine. He went from testing off the charts coming in from private preschool to the 14^th percentile on the SOL’s by the end of the first grade. When this was discussed with the school they absolutely fabricated a story saying they expressed concern all year. That was a flat out lie. Funny they gave us money to credit towards the tutoring that we needed to pay. If they had expressed all this concern do you really think that they would’ve paid toward the tutoring? No of course not. I’ve seen other things happened at that school. I wish I have would have paid closer attention and followed my gut instincts much sooner.

We’ve started with the Summer Camp program and will continue with afterschool care in the fall. The staff, kids and families are so friendly and there is so much activity that my child stepped right in without any adjustment period. As a matter of fact my child recently exclaimed, «I want to go back to school. I want to live there!» In my search, this school offered the most activities for 4 year olds — swim lessons, soccer shots, swimming pool twice weekly, field trip most weeks, special event every week, and more! Lovin’ it!!!