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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Surprised more people aren't discussing the WaPo article.  Sounds like the dads are colossal bullies and totally misrepresenting what happened:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/07/10/nysmith-school-antisemitism-lawsuit/[/quote]

For those of us who canceled our WaPo subscriptions in light of Bezos’ censorship perhaps someone could use a gift link or summarize what was said?

What did the parents do that makes them colossal bullies?  What suggests they are misrepresenting what happened? [/quote]

Nothing in that article suggests it. PP has decided, without evidence, that the parents are bullies and making a fuss over nothing. Suspect that has a lot more to do with PP’s world view than any facts of this incident. [/quote]

WAPO subscriber who read the article.  I agree with this view.

My personal opinion:  Nysmith reacted poorly.  Parents were likely extremely upset, but the HoS should have been able to handle it in a better manner.  They likely wanted to know what he would do about it.  Maybe he didn't know what to do or was afraid to address it because it is prevalent at the school.
I don't know.

I do know that an educator should be accustomed to handling accusations of bullying.  It is very difficult to address any type of bullying and this is especially difficult if this is a prevalent view in the school.  He could have defused the situation in some way.

None of us were there and all of us are just speculating.

The only thing we know for sure is the letter that Nysmith wrote the parents.  In  my view, it was inappropriate and kind of supports the concerns of the parents.[/quote]

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