Gladstone Elementary School

335 North Elmwood Avenue

School District

Kansas City 33
Grade

PK, K-6
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on April 03, 2019

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!!!
Submitted by parent on May 18, 2016

This a great school for neurotypical children. It's a terrible school for kids with ADD and ADHD. There's not a ton of support for parents with kids with these disorders, and I felt totally lost and helpless the entire second half the last school year. No one told me until after it was over that we could have done a psychological evaluation, or behavioral intervention plan, or that the 504 plan didn't address the right things... How am I expected to know to ask for these things? This school is lacking in the facilities and the personnel it needs to help kids with neurological and learning disorders. The principal herself admitted this to me. Until the school district gets around to improving support for kids with learning disorders and neurological disabilities, send your kid to a charter school. This is not the place, unless your kid is already good at sitting down and being quiet.