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West High parents and community criticize district response to alleged staff misconduct and call for coach’s reinstatement
Summary
Dozens of West High School parents, alumni and community members used public forum to criticize the district’s handling of alleged misconduct by staff, demand more transparency and call for reinstatement of head football coach Lamar Brown.
Dozens of parents, alumni and community members addressed the Knox County Board of Education during public forum on June 5 to express anger and grief over the district’s handling of alleged sexual misconduct by West High School staff members and to call for reinstatement of head football coach Lamar Brown. Speakers described coaching staff and program leadership as central to West’s turnaround and credited coach Brown with raising graduation rates and student engagement; they also said the district failed to communicate with parents and students and that the board’s handling of the matter has left the West community feeling “disrespected, unheard and unseen.” Multiple speakers asked the…
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