An elite private high school in Los Angeles is facing legal challenges by a parent who claims his daughter was kicked out after he complained the school’s new curriculum is “racially divisive” and antisemitic.
Last week, Jerome Eisenberg filed a lawsuit against Brentwood School and its head, Michael Riera, for breach of contract, violation of the Unruh Civil Rights Act—which protects individuals from discrimination by California businesses—and intentional infliction of emotional distress, among other claims.
The lawsuit claims the school “pulled a bait-and-switch with the school’s curriculum and culture,” after accepting parents’ $50,000 annual tuition payments.
After the 2020 Black Lives Matter movement, the lawsuit alleged, Brentwood gave control of its curriculum and community policies to its Office of Equity and Inclusion, which changed the curriculum just before the start of the 2020–21 school year….