Did Candy Tistadt Get the Message Across?

Over the past week or so, the east coast has been hit with some terrible winter weather. Southern states that are more apt to warmer weather have experienced some of the worst snow storms they've seen in recent years. Faced with impending weather forecasts, Fairfax County, VA, administrators and officials had the tough job of trying to decide whether or not to send the kids to school. After deliberating, officials decided that the classes should proceed despite the threat of more bad weather. The students however, weren't too keen on that decision.

Dean Tistadt, the Chief Operating Officer for Facilities and Transportation of Fairfax County, has found it his responsibility to make the decisions about whether or not schools should remain open. Recently, due to the abnormal winter weather, the Tistadt household has found itself bombarded with dozens of phone calls from county students; some even in the middle of the night. In addition, students are also sending profane and sometimes even threatening emails to the administration.

For reasons unexplained, after receiving yet another phone call at her residence, Tistadt's wife Candy had had enough. She dialed one of the student's phone numbers and left a voicemail of her own. To make this matter even worse, the student posted the callback online for all to hear. Tistadt defends his wife by telling news officials that she gets very defensive over what she perceives to be personal attacks on her husband; she takes the situation very personally. So who is right and who is wrong? Do the Tistadt's have the right to privacy? Can these calls be considered harassment?