Fired teacher files discrimination suit against Friends Academy A former English teacher and department head at Friends Academy in Locust Valley has charged in a federal lawsuit that school officials sexually harassed her, discriminated against her on the basis of gender, and retaliated when she protested such treatment. The plaintiff, Shawn Garrett, seeks financial damages and lost wages in a lawsuit filed May 24 in U.S. District Court, Central Islip. Garrett started teaching at Friends Academy in 2012 and had been promoted to head of the English department before being demoted and ultimately fired last year, according to her legal complaint. Andrea Miller, director of communications at Friends ... Continue reading... https://www.newsday.com/long-island/education/friends-academy-teacher-lawsuit-1.18853073
