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Why Are School Administrators Bullying Taxpayers? Stories from Arnold & Otterville, Missouri School Districts. | Missouri Education Watchdog

Why Are School Administrators Bullying Taxpayers? Stories from Arnold & Otterville, Missouri School Districts. | Missouri Education Watchdog:



Why Are School Administrators Bullying Taxpayers? Stories from Arnold & Otterville, Missouri School Districts.

Fox C-6 Watchdogs
Have individuals with this watchdog group been libeled by public school administrators?

The Fox-C-6 School District is in Arnold, Missouri, just outside of St. Louis in Jefferson County.  Individuals from the Fox-6 Watchdogs have been investigating and reporting on what it considers nepotism and lack of transparency from the school board, superintendent and administrators.  Computers owned by school administrators (according to ISP addresses revealed via a lawsuit filed by citizens) were found to have been used to make libelous remarks about several individuals questioning administrative and district actions.  The taxpayers were accused of scandalous acts in Topix, an online chat room by then anonymous sources in 2013.  From stltoday and Derisive website comments linked to home of Fox school chief:


JEFFERSON COUNTY • Computers traced to the homes of Fox School District Superintendent Dianne Critchlow and another Fox administrator were used to make nasty allegations about three critics of the district, said an attorney representing those critics in a libel lawsuit.
Dan Herman filed suit in February on behalf of Arnold residents Sam Ferry, Rich Simpson and Michelle Tyler. All have been critical of the Fox School District, which sent them letters in recent years warning them to tone down their behavior or face legal action. They say they have become the victims.
But the defendant in their suit is listed as John Doe because they did not know who made the Why Are School Administrators Bullying Taxpayers? Stories from Arnold & Otterville, Missouri School Districts. | Missouri Education Watchdog: