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Anonymous wrote:That current families aren't coming out against Nysmith is telling to me. That the family said they don't trust the school to educate their children, why would the school then keep them? What exactly do you think should have happened here (not sure what they are trying to get exactly from the lawsuit, other than attention and a big payday)?

He should have told them they were not welcome to return the following year and let them finish out this year, not kick three children out in March because he was unhappy that their parents had concerns.

This Ken’s MO. He threatened to kick our child with only 6 weeks left of the school year. We basically had to grovel to let our child finish out the year. The psychological damage it would’ve caused our child was not worth standing up to his bullying. We have since told everyone who will listen what a narcissistic prick he is and to avoid the school at all costs.

Anonymous wrote:That current families aren't coming out against Nysmith is telling to me. That the family said they don't trust the school to educate their children, why would the school then keep them? What exactly do you think should have happened here (not sure what they are trying to get exactly from the lawsuit, other than attention and a big payday)?

I probably wouldn’t speak up either. He’d kick out my kid mid-year.

Anonymous wrote:That current families aren't coming out against Nysmith is telling to me. That the family said they don't trust the school to educate their children, why would the school then keep them? What exactly do you think should have happened here (not sure what they are trying to get exactly from the lawsuit, other than attention and a big payday)?

It’s definitely telling a lot about how the school targets children, thus ensuring compliance from parents. That’s the only clear lesson to be learned.

Anonymous wrote:That current families aren't coming out against Nysmith is telling to me. That the family said they don't trust the school to educate their children, why would the school then keep them? What exactly do you think should have happened here (not sure what they are trying to get exactly from the lawsuit, other than attention and a big payday)?

He should have told them they were not welcome to return the following year and let them finish out this year, not kick three children out in March because he was unhappy that their parents had concerns.

That current families aren't coming out against Nysmith is telling to me. That the family said they don't trust the school to educate their children, why would the school then keep them? What exactly do you think should have happened here (not sure what they are trying to get exactly from the lawsuit, other than attention and a big payday)?

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Anonymous wrote: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/

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?

So, you don’t want to fund the weapons because bezos controls the editorial page, and you want the paper to shut down even though you are desperate for the reporting the journalists do? Make it make sense.

You’re just cheap.

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Anonymous wrote:It will never cease to amaze me that Gaza is literally starving to death right now - food is so scarce and baby formula is pretty much all gone… and here some people are debating some wishy washy claims that can’t be proven or verified bc some privileged people have found ways to continue to center themselves during a genocide. And we wonder why the world is irredeemable and the future is bleak for all our kids. Well done.

Why haven’t you mentioned the genocide in Sudan? How about the slaughter of Druze in Syria? How about the slaughter of Jews in Israel on October 7th? How about the genocide of Uyghurs? How about the slaughter of over 500,000 people in Syria?

Dp. America is literally responsible for the genocide in Gaza. While all of humanity bears responsibility for helping those in need, this thread is not about all of the genocides. Your what about ism is really transparent.

Not to mention - why does the fact that people are being killed in genocides or violence around the world mean that we shouldn’t care about or try to prevent or work to punish “lesser” bad things that happen here? Me eating all my dinner never helped the starving children in wherever that my mother always mentioned if I didn’t clean my plate, and condemning acts of antisemitism against schoolchildren will neither help nor hurt the people of Gaza.

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Anonymous wrote:It will never cease to amaze me that Gaza is literally starving to death right now - food is so scarce and baby formula is pretty much all gone… and here some people are debating some wishy washy claims that can’t be proven or verified bc some privileged people have found ways to continue to center themselves during a genocide. And we wonder why the world is irredeemable and the future is bleak for all our kids. Well done.

Why haven’t you mentioned the genocide in Sudan? How about the slaughter of Druze in Syria? How about the slaughter of Jews in Israel on October 7th? How about the genocide of Uyghurs? How about the slaughter of over 500,000 people in Syria?

Dp. America is literally responsible for the genocide in Gaza. While all of humanity bears responsibility for helping those in need, this thread is not about all of the genocides. Your what about ism is really transparent.

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Anonymous wrote:I think that if you have allowed a kid in an elementary school classroom to draw a picture of Hitler as a strong leader - then you should skip hanging the Palestinian flag unless, of course, you want to actually emotionally harm the Jews that attend your school.

I am not Jewish but I don’t see how those two events together don’t create the perception of an anti-Semitic environment.

Eager to read whatever Nysmith has to say for himself as this develops.

Sorry but this is ridiculous. You want to avoid hanging a Palestinian flag to avoid “emotionally harming” Jews? Utter nonsense.

Then hang the Israeli flag too.

It's been up for years. This is a space where many national flags are already hanging. This part of the complaint is really petty and idiotic and reflects poorly on the parents. They should have kept it out and focused on all the legitimate issues they're facing.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that if you have allowed a kid in an elementary school classroom to draw a picture of Hitler as a strong leader - then you should skip hanging the Palestinian flag unless, of course, you want to actually emotionally harm the Jews that attend your school.

I am not Jewish but I don’t see how those two events together don’t create the perception of an anti-Semitic environment.

Eager to read whatever Nysmith has to say for himself as this develops.

Sorry but this is ridiculous. You want to avoid hanging a Palestinian flag to avoid “emotionally harming” Jews? Utter nonsense.

Then hang the Israeli flag too.

It already was up.

Anonymous wrote:It will never cease to amaze me that Gaza is literally starving to death right now - food is so scarce and baby formula is pretty much all gone… and here some people are debating some wishy washy claims that can’t be proven or verified bc some privileged people have found ways to continue to center themselves during a genocide. And we wonder why the world is irredeemable and the future is bleak for all our kids. Well done.

Why haven’t you mentioned the genocide in Sudan? How about the slaughter of Druze in Syria? How about the slaughter of Jews in Israel on October 7th? How about the genocide of Uyghurs? How about the slaughter of over 500,000 people in Syria?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think that if you have allowed a kid in an elementary school classroom to draw a picture of Hitler as a strong leader - then you should skip hanging the Palestinian flag unless, of course, you want to actually emotionally harm the Jews that attend your school.

I am not Jewish but I don’t see how those two events together don’t create the perception of an anti-Semitic environment.

Eager to read whatever Nysmith has to say for himself as this develops.

Sorry but this is ridiculous. You want to avoid hanging a Palestinian flag to avoid “emotionally harming” Jews? Utter nonsense.

Then hang the Israeli flag too.

Anonymous wrote:It will never cease to amaze me that Gaza is literally starving to death right now - food is so scarce and baby formula is pretty much all gone… and here some people are debating some wishy washy claims that can’t be proven or verified bc some privileged people have found ways to continue to center themselves during a genocide. And we wonder why the world is irredeemable and the future is bleak for all our kids. Well done.

“We won’t teach kids about the Holocaust because of Gaza” is textbook antisemitism, bro. Tell me exactly how not teaching about the Holocaust will save Palestinian lives? What other should we not teach about in order to help Gaza? Only Jewish history?

This is incoherent and gross. Your dog whistles about “privileged people” are easy to hear. If you really want to be taken seriously with “criticizing Israel isn’t antisemitic!!!” then maybe you should quit injecting Palestine into discussions of antisemitism that don’t actually have anything to do with Israel. Otherwise you’re just telling on yourself.

Anonymous wrote:Complaints are always one-sided. I can't imagine a school that has been around as long as Nysmith that would not be measured in its response when claims of anti-Semitism are made, especially in this political environment. Expelling the students seems like a radical thing to do - there must have been some reason. So - I take this complaint with a grain of salt and look forward to the school's side of the story before prejudging.

Just remember 2 wrongs don’t make a right.

It will never cease to amaze me that Gaza is literally starving to death right now - food is so scarce and baby formula is pretty much all gone… and here some people are debating some wishy washy claims that can’t be proven or verified bc some privileged people have found ways to continue to center themselves during a genocide. And we wonder why the world is irredeemable and the future is bleak for all our kids. Well done.