Cautionary Responses to Social Media Attacks

Legal Brief

A SUPERINTENDENT RECEIVED an e-mail (one of many) taking him to task for closing school due to some borderline weather conditions. In reading it, the superintendent realized the parent actually lived in a neighboring district.

He responded politely and directed the parent to his colleague next door, even providing contact information. The parent replied, “Well, are your schools closed, too?” When he answered that they were, he got this final reply: “Then you’re just as big an idiot as he is!”