Fraudulent and Deceptive Tactics

Recently someone called our admissions office posing as a parent with a child in distress. They asked for a list of parents they might contact who would discuss their experiences with the school. We have quite an extensive list of references and we sent it thinking that we were helping a distressed family. We are shocked and outraged to find this list appearing on the family truth website (with phone numbers)!

By duplicitous methods CAFETY members obtained this list and used it for their purposes. Our agreement with parents was to share this list only with families seriously interested in the school. Whatever our detractors motives were, this was a naked attempt at intimidation. This action says “support The Family Foundation School and we will publicly post your name and phone number over the Internet.”  Our parents  agreed to help distressed families through private communication, not to publicly advertise their contact information or personal affiliation with the school.

These are the fraudulent and deceptive tactics of the smear campaign — distortions, intimidation, and lies. While each of the parents offered to help others, none volunteered to have the fact of their child’s attendance at a therapeutic boarding school published on the Internet. For all their concern for “the ethical treatment of youth,” it does not seem to concern them that by exposing the parents, they have exposed the children.