GLENDALE, Ariz. — Three longtime special education educators are accusing the Deer Valley Unified School District of retaliating against them after they reported what they describe as repeated mistreatment of two severely disabled Hispanic students at Mountain Ridge High School.
The allegations, detailed in a legal claim seeking financial compensation from the district, come as Deer Valley Unified faces scrutiny following a separate controversy involving a school board member who made a Nazi salute at the conclusion of a board meeting last month.
The educators—Alicia Quintero, Annie Hughes and Renee Rios—said they were effectively forced out of their positions after raising concerns about student abuse and civil rights violations involving two former colleagues…