9107 N Bales Ave
Kansas City, MO 64156

My child has been targeted as a bad kid for 2 years. He absolutely hates going to this school. The only teacher who has reached out in a positive way is the math teacher. 2 years, not a positive phone call or note home except from the math teacher. My child has been sent to the "Responsibility Room" countless times because the teacher didn't do their part to investigate class disruptions. Teachers do NOT care about the child's personal life nor take time to get to know the student. Matching the student up with an advocate who is in their corner also does not happen. The worksheets are OUT OF CONTROL. Same as all the other parents, kids are just told to figure it out. OH, the kicker at this school is the 2 strike rule. The school has this Responsibility Room which is essentially a time out room. Teachers can send kids there for a time out. If you get sent there 2 times, they kick you OFF any and all athletic teams. So instead of sports being a place for kids to connect and be a part of the school, the coaches look for ways to kick kids off. Even for time outs, which everyone knows is based on the teacher's mood or assumptions to who is causing a headache in the room. My child is so thankful that there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Our children have been in Northview for the past 5 years. I have zero complaints. We love this school. The PTA is abundant. All teachers are invested.

In my experience, this school did not prepare my son for college. There were programs that I never knew new about. My son had an IEP but still did well in class and and had a social skills class. He graduated with a 3.4 GPA. When he went to college he was unprepared to handle college life and his grades suffered greatly. He received straight A's in all his math classes in high school but he could only manage a C at community college. He may have been coddled too much in high school so the transition was too great for him.