Independence School District, Independence | Fees, Rankings, Address, Admission, Vacancies, Reviews & More

This year for enrollment and bus passes was a train wreck, we’ve been in the isd for 6 years and never had issues enrolling. This yr we enrolled online as always and never got school schedule so we called and they said proof of residency didn’t pass so the entire application didn’t pass and they never notified us!! We would have showed up first day of school and been turned away, zero communication. Had to take off work and spent all day jumping through hoops to do what they wanted, so disorganized I am so disappointed in them. Also we had approved bus passes weeks ago and then they told us we don’t and have to start that process all over again so now it’s going to prevent me from getting to work on time till we get passes and is jeopardizing my job and they don’t care. I will say they have great teachers for the most part and I’m pleased with the teachers my kids have had, there are a few who are not good but overall happy with the teachers, they were very caring and kind to my kids. I’m extremely disappointed in lack of communication and making everything extremely difficult for enrollment and bus passes

0 stars if that was an option. Van horn especially is a useless cesspool. The administration, staff & majority of teachers doesn’t seem capable of functioning, let alone trying to educate kids. I’ve had nothing but issues w that place, give them a solution to issues w my kid, been saying same thing since 1st week of school- its now last month of school year- it’s completely ignored, if try to reach out then you’re lucky to get a response & if u do get a response ur basically just brushed off. That place needs to be shut down since nothing about it or way it’s run is salvageable at this point

Independence school district doesn’t help children who have learning disabilities. They neglected my child’s need for years, denying her testing and saying she didn’t need the help when clearly she did. With no guidance I finally figured out how to go about getting her help, this year she was diagnosed and now they say, they will forward her evaluation on to the school district but can’t start anything over the summer. Such a joke of school district and the amount of bullying that goes on in the schools is disturbing.