This is one of the worst school to put your special needs child in. My son has Autism, Adhd and…read moreODD. We moved in the area on January 2024. I thought sending my son to this school will be great because I use to go to this school called Allen before it became it was Kennedy. This school doesn't help your kids learn anything..They let your kids play around and do whatever they want to do. Mr. Fields (Special Needs Teacher) should be suspended and should never be around kids, he yells and screaming at kids and doesn't teach them anything, My son would come home saying he hasn't learned anything and that the teacher gives him a Chromebook to play on as if was at home on the weekends. One day, on my way picking up my son from school, I saw my son and two other teachers (Fields and Haywood) on a wet and cold day at the school park allowing my son alone play on the soak and wet slides, I was so upset asking the teachers "Why is my son not inside the building with the rest of the students? Why you have my son outside playing on the slides, It's wet and cold out here." They're responses that "My son ran out the building and that they decided to let him play until I got there. My son's clothes and shoes were soaked and wet. Lucky..I did a small prayer hoping he doesn't get sick. Ms. Doyle is a Special ED Resource Teacher as well, I had a ARD meeting with her a few times, She wasn't nice at all when I met her. She came to my car one day and told me "Is you the mother of the child" I said yes I am. She fingered crossed me and told me "Good luck" I was so bothered why she said that me. So I asked her at the ARD meeting why she told me that, Mrs. Doyle said I am trying to help you but you are not listening to me and flat out lied to me in front of the administration officer and said that I called her a "Angry White Woman" Like what? I didn't tell her that. Like wooow...I never said that and I said to her "You are going straight to hell for lying on me. I feel she is a racist. I felt like I was be harassed and attacked for no reason at all by her regarding my son. Ms. Hall wasn't a great teacher as well. I never met her and didn't know she was one of my son's other teacher until I get a phone call from the principal saying for me to talk to my son because he did something which I didn't recall my son doing anything what the teachers were saying he has done. My son was on the phone crying saying Ms. Hall jacked him on the desk and grab him by his collar shirt and she scratched him. As a parent, I immediately went to the school to find out what was going on with child being hurt by an adult. I took pictures of my son where (Ms. Hall) scratched him, I as a parent was devastated. I called the police. It took the officer almost 3 hours to come to the school. Finally when the officer arrived. I talked the officer about the abusive teacher laying hands on my child and a week passed by under investigation. I was told by a sergeant officer "there's nothing we can do" because we also had statements among the teachers as well. I asked the officer what was being said by the teachers, He said it was confidential. I felt in my heart that the teachers were making a false statements/report about just to have him kicked out at Kennedy. After at all, things just kept getting worse and worse. My son tell me that the teachers is cursing at him and threatening to hurt him. Another ARD meeting occurred, (Doyle, Principal, Field and Administrator) asking me to consider moving my son to a different school because they said my son wasn't a great fit for this school and that they don't have the resources that he needs. My question is why did they wait 2 1/2 months close to the ending of the school year to say something? That doesn't make any sense. They also didn't tell me whether my son passed to the next grade or not on the last day of school. Parents, I recommend you not to send your children to this school if they're special needs. Our child with special needs need love and care from teachers from school. Not unprofessional teachers who want to just get a degree just make money and treat our kids ugly. I hope my experience from Kennedy Elementary helped others. God Bless.

This is my sons first year here I'm disappointed in what he says about ms S Moore how she screams…read moreat the kids always is on her phone always on calls he also told me about the rats in her room

I moved my little guy here in the middle of the spring semester because I wanted him to be in a…read moregentler environment, one that was holistic to his being, and also a place that really appreciates the outdoors and caters to that. My child has really grown in his language skills (he came from a Spanish immersion school where he really was learning a lot of Spanish, but he was also missing a lot of English). The best part is that while there isn't anything formal about the pre K class as there shouldn't be anyway for this age, he has retained everything he learned from his two prior schools which means the school is still integrating that learning somehow. He loves being able to take off his shoes in the classroom and that it feels like home. He comes home singing the meal time song (he's been there less than two weeks). He's proud of the work he does there and asks us to hang it up. If we didn't have to move schools for other reasons I would keep him there as long as I could because my three year old who was partially potty trained (just urine) has become fully potty trained after two weeks there. I think a lot of the influence is that the school goes up to the 6th grade so seeing and being around older kids who are leaders has really encouraged him to feel like he is going to a big kids school too. We absolutely love this school and the people there.

I would not waste my $100+ dollars just for application fee and then being told my daughter could…read morenot attend this school waste of money and time only to be turned away with no explanation!!!

Joseph Okafor/ Chandra Reed…read more In early January, my 7-year-old daughter informed us that she was assaulted by her physical education teacher. We initially became aware of a potential issue when we noticed a decline in her grades in that class. Concerned, my fiancée and I had a conversation with her to understand what was happening. She explained that the teacher had been forcefully pressing his thumb against her neck and ears during class when students did not follow his instructions as he wanted. Additionally, she stated that he would prohibit students from getting water. When I asked if this had happened to other children, she confirmed that it had. I reassured her, thanked her for her honesty, and comforted her for sharing her experience. The following morning, my fiancée and I scheduled a meeting with the school principal. We also encouraged our daughter to inform us immediately if anything else happened in the future. Despite the distressing nature of the incident, she had been eagerly anticipating the school's 100th-day celebration and had been planning to wear a special dress. Even though she shared this information with us two weeks after the event, I respected her decision to maintain her normal routine and allowed her to participate in the celebration before making any changes to her schedule. I promptly filed a report with the Houston school police but have yet to receive any follow-up from them. The next day, we went to the school and attended a meeting with the principal. As we entered the conference room, we noticed the coach leaving. During our discussion, the principal acknowledged that she had been informed of the incident by the school police officer. She expressed concern, noting that she also has children enrolled at the school, and assured us that she would conduct an investigation, including reviewing security footage. Weeks later, after recovering from the flu, I followed up with the principal regarding the matter. She apologized for what had happened and informed me that their investigation confirmed the teacher had indeed assaulted multiple students. He eventually admitted to his actions, despite initially denying them. When I questioned whether she had reviewed the security footage, she confirmed that she had and reiterated that the teacher had confess Update he was charged!

Beat school I've ever went to lots of memories I would recommend.I met a lot of friends there that…read moreI talk to to this day