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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-19-08 10:51 AM
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Remember the discussion we had the other day about closing/not closing schools based on a forecast?
Check out this story about a local system that stayed open...

Fairfax County Responding to a Flurry of Angry Calls Over Snow Decision
January 19, 2008 - 9:41am

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Fairfax County Public Schools officials are responding to several phone calls to a school administrator's home and e-mails, some threatening, after a decision yesterday to keep schools open despite snow in the forecast.
A school system spokesman tells says schools will be notified of the names of the e-mail senders and will go to the police with the names of those who made threats.

It appears the home of one administrator, Dean Tisdadt, took the brunt of the angry calls, and his wife became so upset she called back one student with a fiery response of her own.

That response was recorded and put online where a large number of students heard it.

A school system spokesman say that the administrator's wife's reaction was understandable.

http://www.wtop.com/?nid=722&sid=1329558

I think its acceptable to call and complain to the county offices if you disagree with the decision. But to call this person's home and threaten them? I have to think that the woman who's angry call back was recorded probably was tired of being bothered at home...Can't say I blame her.
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