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Former teacher at Seattle private school says black students and staff were treated unfairly

June 18, 2009
Lawsuit against Lakeside School is one of several discrimination complaints teachers there have had

From The Seattle Post-Intelligencer: A former teacher at Lakeside School in Seattle contends in a lawsuit that she was forced from her job at the private school in retaliation after she raised concerns about the school's treatment of black staff and students. The suit, filed by Regina Higgins, a history teacher with a decade of experience at Lakeside, comes on the heels of discrimination complaints from three other Lakeside teachers of color.

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