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Charter School Firm Attacks Online Criticism

Posted by timothy on from the so-here's-some-more dept.

Lane writes "News-Press.com reports that 'Charter Schools USA is threatening legal action against parents who use an Internet discussion board to air grievances about Gateway Charter.'" This despite comments which the parents say are based on the public record, and posted anonymously.

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  1. So much for freedom of speech by jnmontario · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Another great example of somebody with expensive lawyers telling (read: threatening) the average person what they can do or think. Yay America.

    1. Re:So much for freedom of speech by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 4, Insightful

      Charter schools aren't just any corporation. They receive taxpayer money to do a job usually performed by government bodies (public schools) and are therefore acting as an arm of government. So yeah, I'd say this is a First Amendment issue.

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  2. Bad move by A+beautiful+mind · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Honestly, i couldn't have found a worse course of action to take by that organization, to dig their own grave. First they only had to deal with 65 parents, now its in the press. Talk about bad PR.

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  3. That's the great thing about privatization by smchris · · Score: 4, Insightful


    Accountability!

    Oh? Never mind.

  4. Re:difficult to deal with by notque · · Score: 4, Insightful

    This will be their downfall. In the end, people will remember Charter Schools USA as "difficult to deal with" and not as a good place to send their child to.

    Sad.

    It's only sad if they are not difficult to deal with, which from the message board it would seem they are.

    I would think the administration would want to deal with their concerns head on. If they are wrong on the message board, that would easily be addressed at a PTO meeting.

    Which CSU has canceled until the end of the School year.

    Seems pretty difficult to deal with to me.

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