"Friend" might be a bit strong; I knew him in high school but haven't seen him much since, with the exception of an about 2 year period during which I ran into him more than usual.
He called me out of the blue yesterday that he was driving through the town I live in and I just got back from lunch with him. He seems a bit distraught.
Long story short - He's been a successful private prep tutor in Chicago for years now. He has clients from many different schools, but draws most kids from a single high school and a grade school that feeds into it. Apparently a few teachers have decided the want a cut of the action, and according to him have "pressured" students into attending their own tutoring sessions. He said several students did not attend their scheduled sessions the past few weeks.
The fact that teachers who control the grades of students are recruiting them to private for-profit sessions seems highly dubious to me, and I advised him to talk to a lawyer. It would seem to me that if he had any sort of evidence that any students that left his business had ANY fear for their grade it would be a slam dunk. He could sue the teachers AND the school district. I doubt he's going to do it.
But for the sake of argument - does he have any case at all?
He called me out of the blue yesterday that he was driving through the town I live in and I just got back from lunch with him. He seems a bit distraught.
Long story short - He's been a successful private prep tutor in Chicago for years now. He has clients from many different schools, but draws most kids from a single high school and a grade school that feeds into it. Apparently a few teachers have decided the want a cut of the action, and according to him have "pressured" students into attending their own tutoring sessions. He said several students did not attend their scheduled sessions the past few weeks.
The fact that teachers who control the grades of students are recruiting them to private for-profit sessions seems highly dubious to me, and I advised him to talk to a lawyer. It would seem to me that if he had any sort of evidence that any students that left his business had ANY fear for their grade it would be a slam dunk. He could sue the teachers AND the school district. I doubt he's going to do it.
But for the sake of argument - does he have any case at all?