Thank you, Solutions Counseling, for donating your time and hearts to helping STMA students through their challenges! What a noble act...thank you, thank you!

While I applaud these folks donating their services, unfortunately I have become suspicious of anything similar to this that now involves schools and gvmt. For example, 5% of the students use this service. It is now identified as a "need" hence Superintendent Behle requests program to be permanently added to the school districts benefits, thus will require funding.
Folks, literally the exact same scenario occurred when the school board and Behle came at us two years prior to the current levy expiring with their hand out to "update" the levy (in of itself a disgrace, and Samara or Mike, maybe a follow up to the lobbyist (speaking of, how much was this lobbyist paid, who funded it, and did he receive a bonus when the levy passed?) who presented us with numbers at last years levy meeting showing this district on the bottom for state funding is in order) because "temporary federal funding" for additional teachers had expired, hence the district would have to lay off teachers among other things. I seriously doubt btw that these folks on the school board learned their lesson to ALWAYS reject "temporary" funding.
So yes, this program is all well intentioned, but how long before it is adopted as permanent and this company goes to Behle and the school board saying they now need to be paid for their services?
Camels nose under the tent? You bet.

Am I reading this correctly in that if you do not have "financial hardships" you will be charged a fee? Please refer to the second to the last paragraph, the quote from Rens.