Research Uno Network Elementary Charter School Charter Schools in Chicago, Illinois

“I cannot say enough about the great teachers at Carlos Fuentes. My daughter has grown by leaps and bounds under the guidance of her great teachers, Ms. Fires and Ms. Thalken! A big thank you to the both of them!”

“Currently my children are attending Carlos Fuentes Charter School and I can not express how happy I am. Both my boys age 7 and 10 have improved greatly. I love the staff and love the structure they implement. Communication has been a great part of this through email/phone. My children have not only raised grades they have made new friends they love the teachers and are very happy to be part of UNO Carlos Fuentes Charter School. The Bustamante Family!”

“Unsafe and they know it but do not want to offer any security. There is also too much effort on uniforms and not enough attention to what the children actually need like kindness, or recess.”

“UNO Charter schools finds talented teachers and then treats them very poorly. This is the reason for high turnover. The students are generally well behaved and some of the schools are better than others. They hire unqualified Directors and Master Teachers so things are very unorganized. Special needs students and English Language Learners do not get the support that they need. UNO does everything for appearance and not for the child.”

“HORRIBLE!!! They treat teachers and staff like trash. Go through the schools and ask the teachers and administrators their true feelings. They would tell you how miserable it is to work for UNO. Everything is done for publicity and political gain. Go to the UNO office and talk to the leaders. You wont find any educators there, just friends of friends pretending to be educators. Good Luck!!”

“My daughter has attended Paz for two years with the same teacher. Being a charter school, I thought that it would be different from public but it's not. Parent involvement does not exist because I have went to parent meetings and only 7 parents would show up. There should also be a dean for girls because the present dean cannot and doen't know how to handle situations that arises from the young ladies. Leadership stinks and every year new teachers appear. Paz has a long way to go in my opinoin.”

“My son has attended Paz for 6 years. Each year there has been a shake up in leadership and staff. Students only have one year with a teacher, as the following year they will not be there. It makes it difficult for parents to have ongoing relationships with the staff to nurture the success of the children. Discipline is good at the school. Children are advised to treat school as their job, which I think is goood.”

“My two children have been attending paz for the last two years and they have learned a lot. Even though there is a huge lack of leadership in the school, safety is a huge concern due to the location, there is no extracurricular activities, and parent involvement does not exist. One great thing is the high concern and effort that the teachers apply.”

“This school is a great school. The teachers are great and friendly. I like the fact that they give progress reports. I want to know how my son is doing before the report cards come out.”

“My daughter is really learning a lot at Paz school. She is reading on a high level and her teacher motivates her to learn, reading books, and to always do her best. The teacher also encourages her to bring in outside things that correspond to the things that she is learning in class. The school also does family reading night one thursday out of the month, where they read books, and give away certificates to purchase books. I would love it if the school would offer extracurriculum activities.”