SEATTLE — A Seattle Public Schools (SPS) employee is speaking out two years after he says a teacher assaulted his 11-year-old son with. That teacher remains in the classroom.
Kenneth Smith Jr., an instructional assistant in special education for the district, filed a lawsuit in June 2025 alleging that a music teacher physically attacked his son during an incident at Emerson Elementary School on March 11, 2024.
“There were multiple times he came home crying, not wanting to go back. It’s documented,” Smith said…