Odyssey School

Posted: February 19, 2023

I would give no stars if possible. My son was in kindergarten with a teacher who started with a T. He was bullied a lot, his teacher called him a tattle tell and was told that he is not allowed to keep telling on the kids that were hurting him. The teacher even said a lot of disrespectful words towards me as well so I knew how rude she was. The teacher was upset that my son couldn't sit still and when the teacher moved on to another assignment and didn't allow my son to finish his work which made him sad and he cried. There were times my son came home from school crying so hard pleading me to not make him go back to school and he was barely 5 years old. Come to find out my son has ADHD so that's why he couldn't sit still and had attention issues. If your kids have any form of ADHD or anything else then I would NOT recommend this place. They never got a school councilor for him, never switched classes to see if that would help him, they never did anything. I spoke with the principle and she seemed to be on the teachers side and wouldn't even listen to me at all. This is just not a good school to your children in if the principle is not even willing to hear parents concerns.
My son now goes to a different school this year and he is doing so much better and excelling. His teacher adores him and is so kind to him. They have more structure for him and the school councilor and behavior specialist helps my son when needed. I knew that it was not my son who was the issue it was the teacher and this school. I would not recommend putting your child into any of the schools under the Ogden School District. When I called them and talked to one of the guys there he seemed like he was going to help but, didn't end up helping at all towards the end. I think private or charter schools in Ogden are the best until they are willing to get new staff who can help children be successful rather than what they have now.

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Posted: May 8, 2014

This school is good for students who struggle because it seems like that is all that they focus on. My daughters attend this school and the teachers are not responsible. My daughter always got her homework for the week mid week and was due Friday. Teachers need to have a balance on focusing on the students that are in the right track and with those who struggle. There is nothing that I love about this school. They do not inform parents about what is going on in the class. My daughter was not allowed to eat her breakfast because it was a distraction to other students. Many more horrible things and when I brought this up someone told me to talk to the principal since it seems like when parents talk to her she is more likely to do something about it. Very disappointing!!

Posted: March 10, 2012

I have two children that attend this school, and they love it! The principal and teachers are amazing! I think it's the best school they've been in.

Posted: September 19, 2010

I had two children attend Odyssey. We were excited when they started school there. It was a new building with a very exciting Space Camp program built into it. My children are above average students who regularly test well above grade level. Neither student was challenged. Due to the demographics of the school, the teachers spend most of their time dealing with less advanced students and have little time to work with more advanced students. Which is not their fault by any means. But it hurts the more advanced students. My younger child often completed his homework in class because he finished his classwork and had nothing else to do. There was also quite a bit of bullying and fighting. We transferred both to a charter school.