{"id":861,"date":"2016-12-19T03:59:00","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T03:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stand.org\/tennessee\/?p=861"},"modified":"2022-12-20T04:01:37","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T04:01:37","slug":"stand-for-children-doing-good-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stand.org\/tennessee\/blog\/stand-for-children-doing-good-work\/","title":{"rendered":"Stand for Children Doing Good Work"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>This Letter to the Editor was published in The Tennessean on December 16, 2016.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a proud Metro Nashville Public Schools&nbsp;parent, and I have had the privilege of working with Stand for Children as a parent member for over a year now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have watched with dismay as Stand and its staff have been dragged through the mud. Stand is a nonprofit organization that is doing great work in this community. 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