Independence School District

It's truly sad that the Independent School District cannot meet the needs of the community. They seem to be having trouble figuring out Simple Math and how to get the children to school. My child comes from a separated home with two addresses due to this my child is not allowed to ride the school bus for 2 to 3 weeks while the Independent School District tries to figure out the school bus routine. They put the comfort of their staff before children. They serve 10000 students currently with bus rides they have 3,000 requests for second buses that they cannot seem to process. I hope that no one else has any more children because it will just overload their system and I don't know how they would function if they can't even figure out how to get the children a second bus stop.

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

Am I the only divorced person with joint custody. My daughter’s middle school telling me they can not add my address until 3 weeks into school for my daughter to ride a bus to my house. I went through this mess last year for the high school. This is the dumbest thing I ever heard in my life.Why does it have to be this hard for a divorced parent. They tell me they can only have 1 address showing per child in their system. Well this needs to change. NOW

ISD is very slow and inefficient. I just graduated here, walked on stage 2 weeks ago and I still haven't received any word on my diploma. When I was coming back here for the 2nd time it took them almost 3 months to get me in here, making me miss the entirety of 2nd quarter. Some teachers here though are pretty top tier. So I will give them that.

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.