Crestwood Intermediate School

I would not recommend this school to anyone! Your children deserve better. Please homeschool your kids, have them go to the free online public school, or move to a different area. It's disappointing because Chesapeake is a great place to live, but this school needs to do better. They are also NOT military friendly what so ever. They claim that they are but they really don't understand the struggles of a military child. The school treats these children as if they are prisoners in their own school. They were not helpful in our transition. My daughter never had behavioral issues until she went to this school. We are currently at a different public school (Thank God) and she hasn't had any behavioral problems and everything is so smooth! Either Crestwood is insanely strict, or the staff/teacher were bullying my child (or both). My daughter let me know her teacher grabbed her by the arm really hard and forced her to the office. I almost had to take her out of the school and homeschool her. The only reason I didn't is because the counselor was such a big help. She really was the only person in that school who seemed to care about what was going on. The Vice Principal is terrible, she treats the children as if they are high school teens. If you have to keep your kid in this school, then please advocate for them. Half of their work wasn't even finished in the classroom, because of other kids interrupting and it being too loud. A lot of the school work had to be done at home in addition to the homework. There were not any opportunities to volunteer or interact with other parents either. It honestly seems like this school is hiding something. Every day that I dropped my daughter off at school, the staff looked so depressed to be there. No smiles, no positivity. Then they wonder why some of the children are having issues. They need to understand that the environment and leadership of the staff plays a big part in the children's attitude. The superintendent needs to get more involved in improving this school. I hope it gets the funding it needs and I truly hope that they do better for future students.

This is the school where you say goodbye to your child's childhood. 3rd grade is so focused on "teaching responsibility and accountability" that 8 year old children cease to matter. The playground is dismal. Not that the children get to use it much as losing recess and silent lunch or working during lunch are the preferred methods of correction and punishment. My third grader has more homework than my 5th grade and my highschooler. If your child is in the special education program be ready for a battle. Where as the elementary schools in the district care and put forth so much effort and resources. The intermediate school teachers do not even read the children's IEP before the first day of school, including their special education teacher. The "help" they receive isn't helpful to the student at all and is only focused on "meeting the 80% they have to to achieve the goal". If your student has a yearly meeting after Christmas. Request a team meeting the first week of school with a 3rd grader to go over the iep and make some changes to homework expectations if it is not in the IEP already. Teachers do not seem to actually care about students and there are definitely teachers there without a teaching degree im sure due to all the teachers who "retired". As we know there is no quality control with teachers and I get it as a principal I would back my team too but honestly we need a better education system. If I could pull my student out I would in a heart beat.

Great school and great hard working staff.

Great school, great staff, Great gifted class program

We have had two children go through this school and have loved it both times. The staff here is amazing and will make sure your child is cared for both physically, emotionally, and academically. There are a few teachers that you may need to stay on top of in regards to organization. As a whole though, fantastic school!