Crossroads School

8021 Old Ocean View Road

School District

Norfolk City Public Schools
Grade

PK, K-8
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:11
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by parent on February 14, 2022

I go to this school and they have mean teachers and staffs. Their PE teacher is very disrespectful and is always yelling at students fr how they dress and what they wear.They take children's phones and don't give them back.Their techers are really disrespectful and its horrible
Submitted by parent on October 22, 2021

My daughter started K in Sept 2020 (not a great year to start school!!!). Her teacher in K was absolutely wonderful and managed the full virtual school with grace and stamina. She then made the transition to half virtual/half in person week school very smooth for the students. My daughter was always engaged and knew how to follow instructions. My daughter still adores her, and learned soooo much with her. This year, she has once again a wonderful teacher for 1st grade, this time back to school full time. She's happy to go to school every day, and showing me what she learned!My daughter is also in the French program, the EFAN school, that is at Crossroads. She doesn't speak French but was accepted because we signed her up in K. She has improved so much in French it's incredible. She follows the American curriculum as well as the French one, and loves her French teacher dearly. Crossroads is a wonderful experience all around! The building seems new, the staff is wonderful and responsive, and the school is very inclusive. As to bullying, I have seen an instance that was immediately addressed and solved in a gentle and professional way.
Submitted by parent on October 20, 2021

Great school, my daughter (2nd grade) is actually attending and was a non English speaker at first. Now she is totally fluent. Big shout to her teachers who worked with her. She is also in the French program, which is either a good opportunity for non french speaker who wants to learn a new language, specially when you are young, and also for the French who are planning to go back in the French system after.
Submitted by parent on April 10, 2020

It's like they don't care at all about the safety of students.
Submitted by student on December 05, 2019

My experience at this school has been great. The teachers here are nice and effective.
Submitted by parent on June 22, 2018

It's a wonderful school with teachers who seem to truly care.
Submitted by teacher on September 12, 2017

Terrible leadership. Lots of bully, hard to deal with students from high poverty school.
Submitted by other on October 10, 2015

This school building may be new, but the old problems still exist. The staff are unfriendly, rude, and inconsiderate towards visitors and parents, for any reason.They have a good number of bullies--not just students, but faculty as well. What is worse, is that their boss is willing to protect them over their students. As such, they have failed to uphold the responsibilities and promise to protect the students walking their halls.When unruly, disrespectful, unkempt, and neglected children are the norm, where does that leave the kind-hearted, honest, intelligent, and well-behaved children? I can tell you, anywhere but there.
Submitted by parent on June 16, 2014

This school is best to be avoided. They built a new school, Which is great, but the old problems still exist-- bullies, troubled children, incompetent teachers, rude office workers, and bureaucratic administrators. All of this outweighs any positive aspects of this school; therefore, not worth your time! Thanks to all of this, my son will no longer be attending this school.
Submitted by other on April 09, 2011

I LOVE crossroads elementary. They make every child feel very special, and will sit and spend time with you one on one, like children need at that tender age. I attended this school, and going through the hardest of times, I was always drawn out to feel on top of every one else. This is the best school of every school I've been through, and has definitely been the one to make me feel, the most important, the most likely to achieve my goals, and help me want to strive for more. Crossroads Elementary is an overly-exceptional school.