Legal Question in Education Law in Illinois

Breaking a Private School Contract

My 9 year old is in a private school

and has been the target of

bullying.School response has been

ineffective.On top of this, a school

administrator broke a confidence that

I told her privately to another

employee who revealed it. My

daughter is very unhappy and so are

we.Do we have a chance to get out

of this contract and move my

daughter to a new school?I paid the

tuition up front for the year.


Asked on 12/10/08, 10:09 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Motty Stone Law Offices of Motty Stone

Re: Breaking a Private School Contract

Contracts are tricky... but the school might be willing to negotiate a settlement rather than face bad publicity. I would have to look at the contract before giving any opinion on whether you have a chance at recovering your tuition money.

In any event, I do not see anything preventing you from pulling your daughter out. If you are truly unhappy, you might consider sending her to public school for the year or just eating the loss and paying tuition at another private school.

Feel free to call us if you want to talk.

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Answered on 12/11/08, 10:57 am


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