Cedar Hills Elementary School

9100 West 165th Street

School District

Blue Valley (Overland Park)
Grade

K-5
Teacher/Student Ratio

1:17
Type

public

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Reviews

Submitted by other on September 05, 2023

THEY DONT EVEN HELP KIDS THEY JUST GIVE SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS THE AWNSWERS TO THE QUESTIONS AND DONT EVEN HELP THEM. AND THEY ALLOW BULLYING AND SLURS. THEY DO NOTHING ABOUT IT.
Submitted by parent on April 27, 2023

So far I've had 2 children go through Cedar Hills and I've been really impressed. No bullying issues, and they try their best to make sure each child is challenged. Teachers can be a little hit and miss, but I can't imagine there's any elementary schools where you love your teacher every year. Parents are extremely involved and help to make sure everything stays on track. For parents who aren't very involved, you may feel a little overwhelmed.
Submitted by parent on November 14, 2013

I have been a parent at Cedar Hills for the past 10yrs and cannot say one bad thing! The teachers and staff are amazing, caring and intelligent. I feel strongly that the comments made in a previous post were made by a parent who is not very well informed and was out of touch with CHE.For ex. they have a PTO not PTA and without these parent volunteers, many student activities would not happen. For the past 10yrs I have watched the school grow from being a good school to a great school! The majority of the teachers there now, were there when the school opened! Very low turnover! When I was enrolling my k-gartner before the school was completely built I spoke with the principal and was impressed by his goals for CHE.He shared that his passion was the Special Needs program and wanting to bring the school into the technology world.As a parent of a sp.nds child I was comforted by his words and throughout their 6 years there, I was never disappointed in their education.I am also proud to say that the technology there is top notch and admired by many who do not attend our school.In 2 years I will have graduated 3 children from there and could never imagine them attending any other school!
Submitted by parent on February 06, 2013

I am thankful that my kids no longer attend this school. There was a lot of bullying that was swept under the carpet and ignored in addition to the blame the victim mentality. The PTA and parent groups did include some of the "mean mom" clique and it was very uncomfortable for a lot of parents and children. There was a definite facade that everything was great, so you had to be bright enough or interested enough to look past the facade and see the reality. I looked and still missed some very sad occurrences that I heard about later. Those parents definitely felt that there was an attitude of the perfect "facade" is more important than the hurt "child". Although there are some really good teachers, this school also has had a lot of teacher turnover and a lot of inexperienced teachers (therefore the low mark). The impact of teachers is so far reaching. On one of the school nights where kids go back and see all their teachers, both my kids were like "none of the teachers we had are still here." The teacher turnover is way too high when grade school kids recognize it. The school did offer some really good electives that I was very pleased with and my children enjoyed.
Submitted by parent on March 19, 2012

This is an incredible school. From the moment you walk up to the building listening to the classical music that is piped in through the hallways, to the excellent leadership from the principal to the highly dedicated and professional teachers. There are a LOT of parent volunteers at this school which is also a great resource, but because the families that attend this school tend to have a lot of financial resources, be prepared for things like carnival, classroom parties, teacher gifts, etc. to be a little over the top. If you can get over the excess of some of the parents, this is a great place.