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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Non paid Kindred parent here.

If I reveal the school I’ll definitely be outed so please no pointed questions.

After being involved bi-weekly for over a year, I probably won’t do it this year.  I see the intent that Kindred has, but they have a long way to go with actually achieving the goals expressed in the article.

I left every meeting feeling exposed, emotionally drained, and highly weary. It’s like being a victim of abuse and discrimination, then having to explain and teach other people who haven’t experienced the pain about it, then the meetings over and we all return to either our comfort or our hardship with no real solutions.

What was supremely frustrating about it was that it would have all been worth it if there were actual school policy and procedure changes that impacted the children in direct ways.

I like that I met people who I wouldn’t have otherwise met, I also feel like since they met me in that space it kind of marginalizes me to the caricature they see versus really building something based on our kids.

At our school Kindred seemed to be competing with the OTSo versus authentically supporting the existing pto which disturbed me.[/quote]

Thank you for sharing.  This was the alternative side I was hoping to hear.  The danger in the article posted is that it was all sunshine and rainbows.  Parents in my PTO are clambering to join forces with Kindred, without stopping to figure out the full picture.  I am not saying it is a bad organization- and perhaps our PTO should decide to pair with them.  But I do think it is important to hear all sides before aligning with a program no one knew about last week.[/quote]

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