
LOS ANGELES — Ye ran his private Christian school with all kinds of peculiar rules, including providing only sushi for lunch and not having classes on the second floor because he was "afraid of stairs," two former teachers said Thursday.
The teachers made the allegations in a lawsuit Los Angeles County Superior Court, claiming they were wrongfully terminated by Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, from his now-shuttered Donda Academy in Simi Valley.
In addition to the employment allegations, plaintiffs Cecilia Hailey and Chekarey Byers painted a troubling picture of life inside Donda Academy.
School doors were locked from the outside, lunches were always sushi, no forks or other utensils were allowed, students had to sit on the floor during lunch, no cleaning services or school nurses were employed, and medications on campus either were unsecured or had expired, the plaintiffs said.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 44 | April 10, 2023 6:10 PM |
Why in the world would anyone work for Kanye? Donda Academy? My stars, people are stupid.
by Anonymous | reply 1 | April 7, 2023 2:53 PM |
Will you work for Ye? Non.
by Anonymous | reply 2 | April 7, 2023 2:54 PM |
Textbook definition of a punchable face.
by Anonymous | reply 3 | April 7, 2023 2:58 PM |
The fact that people even allowed themselves to be willingly employed at this "school", let alone the people that enrolled their children there, is just astounding in its absurdity. A reminder that cults are alive and well.
by Anonymous | reply 4 | April 7, 2023 3:03 PM |
The fired employees are alleging racism which I can’t wrap my head around.
by Anonymous | reply 5 | April 7, 2023 3:04 PM |
People need jobs, so I won't be blaming low level employees for this mess.
But administrators who were part of this are scammers, and any parents who knowingly sent their kids to this freakshow deserve to lose their kids.
by Anonymous | reply 6 | April 7, 2023 3:16 PM |
The bigger question is who would send their kids.
A total wing nut with no college degree starts a school, something he knows nothing about. Surely you’d kick the tires and research everyone involved to overcome justifiable doubts like they would be equipped to provide anything resembling a decent education.
And they weren’t. Sushi for lunch? Don’t you think parents should have known what would be served? Don’t you think they’d want to know how medical care would be provided?
It’s insane. Those parents must be pretty terrible or just pretty fucking stupid.
by Anonymous | reply 7 | April 7, 2023 3:35 PM |
What is he doing starting a school? All the kids having to wear all black. They are not allowed to sit in chairs, sushi only…Seriously, what a hot mess. He needs some psychiatric attention.
by Anonymous | reply 8 | April 7, 2023 4:54 PM |
Sushi is expensive. Those kids are lucky.
by Anonymous | reply 9 | April 7, 2023 5:30 PM |
That's a strange aesthetic... maybe he thought he was doing something special for them, but obviously unbalanced.
He's not an educator... sounds like good intentions, gone wrong.
by Anonymous | reply 10 | April 7, 2023 5:37 PM |
[Quote]he was "afraid of stairs,"
I wish to see the full list of stuff Ye is afraid of. I'll bet it's hilarious.
by Anonymous | reply 11 | April 7, 2023 5:38 PM |
Is Simi Valley in a good neighborhood?
by Anonymous | reply 12 | April 7, 2023 5:43 PM |
He's afraid of stairs because his fat ass gets tired walking up them
by Anonymous | reply 13 | April 7, 2023 5:52 PM |
Milo Yannopulous hinted that there was some sexual abuse in Ye's past, probably childhood. You know when he said how Kanye have successfully overcome non heterosexual sexual deviance and became father with Kardashian (khm), and thus coped with abuse and trauma or something like that. I am not defending him, many people are abuse survivors, but it might have contributed.
by Anonymous | reply 14 | April 7, 2023 5:54 PM |
I read that story yesterday and it is hilarious. Can’t understand why anyone would send their kids to that school.
by Anonymous | reply 15 | April 7, 2023 5:54 PM |
He thinks Schtayers are Jewish.
by Anonymous | reply 16 | April 7, 2023 5:54 PM |
Aren't doors locked from the outside at most schools? That's been the case at every school where I've worked.
by Anonymous | reply 17 | April 7, 2023 5:56 PM |
R17. I don't understand. While people are still inside? Or do you mean metaphorically, in a way that lapses me completely?
by Anonymous | reply 18 | April 7, 2023 5:59 PM |
I would love to meet parents who sent their children to “Donda Academy” and students who paid for Trump University. They must belong to the same IQ deficient breed.
by Anonymous | reply 19 | April 7, 2023 6:03 PM |
If they are having sushi and there are no chairs maybe it is because he hired Japanese staff.
by Anonymous | reply 20 | April 7, 2023 6:14 PM |
I get donda mixed up with Dondi.
by Anonymous | reply 21 | April 7, 2023 6:17 PM |
Doors are locked from the outside so that crazed gunman cannot enter. You can leave the school freely, but if you want to enter, you have to be buzzed in through a locked door. And starting this year in my school district, doors to classrooms must be closed and locked during class time. That is a real pain in the ass because you have to open the door every time someone goes to the bathroom or whatever. But it's normal, and desirable, for doors to be locked from the outside in the year 2023.
Reading the article, the women who are suing seem very stupid. They said they wanted to work at the school because they are fans of Kanye. Actually, I assume that's why people wanted to send their kids to the school as well. But that's not a good reason to work at a school or to go to a school.
by Anonymous | reply 22 | April 7, 2023 6:18 PM |
[quote] If they are having sushi and there are no chairs maybe it is because he hired Japanese staff.
Japanese high school kids sit at tables and eat cafeteria food like American kids. It's usually curried rice or a piece of fish and rice, and some miso soup. It's never sushi. I was an exchange student in Japan in high school and went to college partially there. There's nothing Japanese about sitting on the floor in a cafeteria.
by Anonymous | reply 23 | April 7, 2023 6:20 PM |
The families who sent their kids to this 'school' need to be investigated - there's something not right with them. Although I see many of these families suing everyone involved in the very near future.
by Anonymous | reply 24 | April 7, 2023 6:23 PM |
Think of the profile of people who are “fans” of Kanye west.
*shudder*
This is a litmus test for trashy people.
by Anonymous | reply 25 | April 7, 2023 6:27 PM |
Every time you eat raw fish, Baby Jesus cries.
by Anonymous | reply 26 | April 7, 2023 6:31 PM |
Every time we give Kanye West more publicity, Baby Jesus cries.
by Anonymous | reply 27 | April 7, 2023 6:50 PM |
Seriously, how many kids like sushi? Kids are not adventurous eaters by and large, and many have food texture issues.
I would have starved!
by Anonymous | reply 28 | April 7, 2023 6:53 PM |
[quote]Doors are locked from the outside so that crazed gunman cannot enter.
That doesn't make sense. They should be locked from the inside so the people inside can unlock at will. The door can be locked from either side and keep intruders out, but locking it from the outside means you're locking people in. Do you not get that?
by Anonymous | reply 30 | April 7, 2023 6:56 PM |
r9 Something tells me this was more cheap meal deal stuff than something you'd see in Jiro dreams of Sushi.
by Anonymous | reply 31 | April 7, 2023 6:56 PM |
R25... Kanye West makes good music. He may be a bit of a loon but his music is not.
by Anonymous | reply 32 | April 7, 2023 6:58 PM |
“Do you not get that?” is my new favorite phrase.
by Anonymous | reply 33 | April 7, 2023 9:23 PM |
[quote]R5: The fired employees are alleging racism which I can’t wrap my head around.
Why is that, R5?
by Anonymous | reply 36 | April 7, 2023 11:54 PM |
I'm very afraid of stairs, I understand him.
by Anonymous | reply 37 | April 10, 2023 2:28 PM |
R24 just very misinformed and ignorant people. They think he must be credible because he is successful and famous. Less thoughtful Americans tend to think of money as a 1:1 measure of your intelligence and value. So to them, Kanye West is much smarter than any doctor or lawyer or professor could be and would be a way better choice to educate their children. I wonder if the Donda academy is particularly focused on sports, entertainment, and the arts - reading this I'm remembering Charles Barkley really raking a lot of the black schools over the coals for failing to prepare students in any kind of real way for a career or life plan.
Offsite Linkby Anonymous | reply 39 | April 10, 2023 2:35 PM |
[quote]Doors are locked from the outside so that crazed gunman cannot enter.
Doors are locked from the inside so people inside can access the locks and get out. Locked from the outside means the locking mechanism is on the outside, and someone came around outside the building and locked the doors, preventing anyone from leaving the building. That's almost certainly illegal due to fire codes.
by Anonymous | reply 40 | April 10, 2023 2:35 PM |
R38 I'm prone to invasive thoughts about structural collapse. I also avoid being on any higher floor where I can see the lower floors (such as at the mall) and if I do have to go up a staircase that's outside (or any that has gaps between the steps) it takes me forever. I try to avoid doing that at all costs. An indoor staircase that isn't wooden and has no gaps in the steps won't scare me though - I could sprint or skip up the steps just fine with no worries.
by Anonymous | reply 41 | April 10, 2023 2:40 PM |
R7 - the same parents who’d pay for a semester at Trump U.
by Anonymous | reply 43 | April 10, 2023 6:07 PM |
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