I have written to guidance at the school and received a watered down response. I’m assuming this has something to do with the fact that he has donated $50k+ to the school. Correct, my kid is not obligated to spend any time with him and after our first meeting, never did. It’s just a very strange situation because he has a LLC company, a partner, he meets with students on campus, all allegedly for free. Many people have had bad experiences with him but everyone is afraid to say something. Most people think he must be making money somehow but nobody knows how.
Can you be more specific about “he has a LLC company, a partner…” Is it somehow college related?
What type of company is this, and what is the significance of having a partner?
And I’ve got to add, giving students bad advice(apparently mixed with insults) is not “a good deed.”
Unless he’s doing something unethical or illegal (which doesn’t sound like it based on what you’re saying), not sure what else you can do. You’ve already expressed your concerns to the guidance department. If he does have some kind of paid college counseling business on the side though, that should be disclosed. As has been noted, you have no obligation to work with him.
He has a website which is registered under an LLC in regards to his college advisory. I don’t understand if he’s a volunteer offering free services, why he’d set up an LLC. As for his partner, I just meant that he recently brought in another volunteer to help him with all his volunteer business. I don’t think he’s doing anything illegal. I think he’s giving out very slanted advice, throwing in insults (as someone noted) and making a lot of kids feel bad about their decisions if they don’t agree with him. I don’t believe that he’s doing it all for free. I think he’s making money somehow.
It sounds as if his “volunteer” work is what would be called “networking” in any other context; he’s got a business and he’s getting his name out there. While this is not illegal in any way, it seems inappropriate to allow him to do so on school grounds and apparently school time. Unless, of course, other businesses are given access to students and school facilities in equal measure.
But all that aside, if he’s issuing insults along with his apparently very slanted advice, he shouldn’t be at the school at all. College selection/application is a crazy stressful time for HS kids; the last thing they need is an in-house scold.
Maybe he’s trying to gain proof of “experience” by volunteering before officially opening his consulting business.