Infinity Athletics
2025-04-11T03:15:45.262Z
Edited - Added Response2. Hi Lauren, thank you for your response, but I have to say I’m still quite disappointed by the way this has been handled.While you acknowledge my feelings, you’ve avoided real accountability for what happened. The placement of my daughter and her friend at the back of the photo was not something that happened by accident or in a “rushed” moment—it was arranged, whether by a volunteer or not. These group photos are posed intentionally, and it was clear that shorter girls, including my daughter, were not positioned where they could be seen. That’s not something you can just brush off as a chaotic moment.You also mention addressing it with your team, but the person responsible was never brought forward, and neither my daughter nor I received an apology. Passing feedback along isn’t the same as taking responsibility. I also want to point out how dismissive it felt when you said you “respectfully disagree” with the idea of intentional discrimination. Bias doesn’t always look intentional, but that doesn’t mean its impact isn’t real. As a brown skinned girl my daughter was the one left out and hidden and you didn’t take that seriously enough.I wasn’t looking for blame, I was looking for acknowledgment, accountability, and a clear effort to make things right. Instead, I got a polished explanation that avoids addressing the deeper issue of how exclusion can feel for a child who already stands out. I hope you and your team reflect more deeply on how these moments shape a child’s experience and sense of belonging. That’s what matters most.Original Review1. Tbh I wasn’t going to do a review but I found my daughters old cheer uniform and I need to speak on my experience with this school. My daughter used to attend this Dance School and loved it. It was great from the beginning until it wasn’t. During my daughters first comp, photos were being taken of the group of girls however after looking for photos with her in it after the comp was finished, I couldn’t find her. I asked my daughter to point out where she was and she was HIDDEN behind taller girls. I spoke to Lauren about this and she said sorry, it must have been really busy and rushed. This isn’t a good excuse, because having girls kneeled at the front and positioned into certain spots is not “rushed,” it’s planned. Lauren is a young manager and the girls that work for her were most likely young high school girls. I was annoyed that she didn’t bring the person (who was a young teacher) who took the photos to be held accountable and to apologise to my daughter and I because they know for a fact what they were doing by placing my daughter and her very short friend who wasn’t in cheer comp uniform right in the back behind taller girls. I wanted to continue taking my daughter here because she loved it but I wasn’t going to let my innocent child be subjected to dumb childish shit like that. My daughter is a brown skinned girl, so to have her pushed to the back and HIDDEN meant the young teachers have favourites. Don’t come at me for speaking the truth. Reviews are here for a reason and it’s a lesson for you to take and learn from. Teach your young instructors not to discriminate and to make new comers feel welcomed. Help the young girls create lifelong cheer friends instead of leaving them to feel neglected. Stop picking favourites, we see this a lot in the dance school culture and it’s bias. I come from a dancing background, I used to dance and I used to teach and I have high expectations for dance schools to uphold their motto or their “why” for even starting a dance school. Lauren disappointed me and I hope she learns from this.