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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Despite hearing mixed reviews about KIPP, we decided to try it for our kindergarden child. We are AA and when I went in to drop off the enrollment forms I didn't see not one other person of color in the office or in the wandering staff -_-. That was an issue for me, but not so much so that decided against enrolling there.

The issue I had was this...when I went back a 2 weeks later to pick up more info, I was told by administrator that school started in early August for the K children. Well, we had a (8 months ago planned and fully paid for) family vacation scheduled for the same week school was to start and when I explained that to her she said "well, its only June, so you have more than enough time to adjust that vacation plan so that your child can be here at school"...I was FLOORED! I mean, the nerve of anyone right? My only thought was this...if she is so dismissive and condescending with me, I can only imagine how much worse she would be with my 5 year old. I quickly wrote them off after that encounter and never looked back.

I was looking for a school that sought to educate my kid, we really didn't need overzealous school staff trying to run our lives or teach us how to parent...we've had that under control for years :)

We did have a wonderful experience with Appletree though. I would have been over the moon if they would have expanded their program to K.

Good luck![/quote]

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