Former Donda Academy teachers Cecilia Hailey and her daughter Chekarey Byers gave an insider’s perspective on the school when they filed a joint wrongful termination lawsuit in April. The teachers alleged they were fired without warning after voicing complaints about the conditions of the school founded by Kanye “Ye” West. “Things were just chaotic,” Hailey told ABC7. An issue that specifically stood out to her was the food options. “My other serious complaint was that children were being given sushi every day,” Hailey added. Apparently, West had even “banned the use of forks and utensils.” One of the more bewildering rules revealed by the teachers was that students were not allowed to use the second floor of the school because West “was reportedly afraid of stairs.” It was also alleged that the “All of the Lights” artist disallowed artwork created by students to be hung at the school.
The eating situation was made more complex by another rule. “Students were not allowed to bring any outside food or anything other than water,” lawyers for Hailey and Byers wrote in their complaint, per the Los Angeles Times. Donda Academy not only had no chairs, but no tables, so students were forced to eat while sitting on the floor. Hailey also found serious faults in the curriculum. “They didn’t want the kids to know really about African American history or Asian American history,” she told the Times.
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Hailey and Byers were not the only teachers who filed complaints.
