Garfield Elementary School

My sons teachers have always been amazing! He’s lucky. But the other staff at school are rude. The principal doesn’t care. My son has ADHD and ODD and is on medication. Anytime he has an episode or he gets mad he will shut down and cover his ears and crawl under the table. He doesn’t hurt anyone. But her solution is to call me to come get him. They don’t even attempt to get to the root of the problem and why he got upset. My son has missed 26 days of school this year. If his morning starts off bad, he doesn’t recover from it. He has a disorder. Not one call has been made to me asking why he’s missed so much school. It’s like they don’t care. Wouldn’t a school want to figure out what’s going on?? If I didn’t know the situation going on, that would be a huge red flag to a counselor or principal! No call, no questions. What if one of the kids were actually in a horrible situation at home? It blows my mind. Also, they will let ANYONE pick up your kid...no questions asked! My neighbor had to pick him up one day and I was going to call the school and let them know but I forgot. But guess what, he showed up, went in, signed him out, and they let him leave!!! Not once did they question it, not once did they ask who he was, or even ask for an ID or even call me!! And at parent pickup it’s the same way in the car line. They have you roll down your window, ask who your picking up and then they motion them to your car. Insane!!!

it a great school I think your kids will love it have a great time

Worst school I ever my girls wore bullied by students and staff. Principal is the worst part.

I love this school it is a wonderful experience and do not let others cloud your decision about this school

The summer school is poorly run and they allow TEACHERS to “cuss out” and threaten the children. When we tried to report this the PRINCIPAL, Ms. Hen, infact called me a liar and denied any request of action i suggested.

I love this school! My daughter transferred in from a much larger school in 4th grade and is now in 9th. I was worried at first that she would not get to experience the same amenities as a big school but Crossroads has exceeded my expectations with creative solutions to this issue. I appreciate that the school integrates resources from all around the city to teach the kids about the community and culture of our wonderful city such as visiting the Opera house for a pep rally and walking to the city park for P.E. The staff as well as the teachers take great pride in their students and it shows! I am grateful that as a downtown Kansas City resident I have the opportunity to send my daughter to this progressive and challenging school. I highly recommend Crossroads.