A Westlake High School teacher is suing Conejo Valley Unified School District, alleging she was placed on leave after raising concerns about how the administration handled students’ reports of sexual assault.
Lauren Zasadil accused the district of whistleblower retaliation, political speech retaliation and retaliation in violation of the California Education Code, demanding unspecified damages and a jury trial, according to the lawsuit.
Zasadil declined interview requests, but her attorney Martin Aarons said he hopes the lawsuit motivates other educators to continue speaking out on behalf of student safety with the knowledge that there are laws in place to protect them.
“We send our kids to school to be safe, and if there are failures in the system, then school districts and employers across the country should want teachers who are on the front lines to speak up to make the processes better,” he said. “What they did to her was wrong.”
Kimberly Gold, spokesperson for Conejo Valley Unified, said the district had not been served with a complaint as of April 27. She did not answer questions about Zasadil’s allegations or about the district’s policies.
Based in Thousand Oaks, the district enrolls...
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