John F. Kennedy Elementary School

1309 Madison Road

School District

Manistee Area Public Schools
Grade

3-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:15
Type

public

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GreatSchools Rating

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on May 08, 2022

Would not recommend although teachers do a great job, the ladies in the office are extremely caddy. My child went here for 3 years and although we loved the teachers every year, the blonde behind the desk in the office was almost always talking about students to another adult or making fun of the less fortunate kids when they would come in for the morning med or if they didn't feel good. I can't even count how many times I personally seen adult bullying. Not to mention, when bullying does happen, not much is done, teachers tell the kids being treated badly to quite tattling. Also the principle {Raddaz) seems nice and friendly but she is two faced, lots of other parents feel that way also. My student also struggled every single year while he was here and never actually grew. Once he moved schools he has greatly excelled, his scores have skyrocketed a whole 5 grade levels and he isn't dealing with bullying anymore. The smaller schools around the county are so much nicer, more laxed and smaller class sizes really help with one on one situations to get your child where they should be, education wise and mental health wise. Like I said, love the teachers and all the hard work they put in, there are some really, really great ones but man, the two ladies in the office, they need voted out.
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2019

Our experience in the elementary parts of MAPS has been truly awful, just look at the scores. As our 2nd grader was struggling with reading, the teachers response was that our student's comprehension was low. After asking for resources from the teacher, she failed to supply any internal MAPS resources (which do exist) or external resources. We finally found out about MAPS elementary reading resources from a parent that had chosen home schooling over what little MAPS has to offer. This school district is run on ineptitude disguised by administrators that are completely out of touch (and probably under-resourced).
Submitted by student on April 01, 2008

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Submitted by parent on May 17, 2007

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