A Black former St. Hope Public Schools principal is suing the charter school, alleging that white administrators retaliated against her after she pushed for better conditions for students at the school.
In the 22-page complaint, former Public School 7 Elementary principal Jessica Leary claims that former Superintendent Lisa Ruda and current interim Superintendent Elisha Ferguson Parsons, among other white administrators, engaged in a targeted campaign of “harassment, gaslighting, isolation and marginalization” against her throughout her year leading the elementary school.
Ruda, who is named several times in the complaint, died from cancer in May. Other employees named in the complaint are still employed at St. Hope…