Posted on 01/19/2023 12:57:43 AM PST by Morgana
A New York City school for children with brain disorders is being accused of a host of allegations including using students as 'guinea pigs' in scientific experiments, sexually harassing female employees, and being infested with cockroaches and dead rats.
A former employee of the International Institute for the Brain, a private school on the Upper East Side of Manhattan known as iBrain, also said the school scammed the New York government for extra funds and asked unqualified employees to perform nursing procedures on disabled students.
Former publicity associate for iBrain Katelyn Newman filed a lawsuit against the school on Tuesday after quitting in early December.
In the explosive court documents, Newman accused iBrain founder Patrick Donohue of fostering a discriminatory and abusive work environment, and creating a neglectful and dangerous space for vulnerable students.
Newman's attorney, Kenneth McCallion, told the Daily Beast the situation was a 'major crime,' and that his client was left seeking therapy to recover from the traumatic experience of working at iBrain.
International Institute for the Brain did not respond to requests for comment from DailyMail.com
Newman alleged that some members of staff were incompetent, fraudulent, and abusive towards women.
One staffer was 'chief innovations officer' Dr. Victor Pedro - whose profile on the iBrain website carries the quote 'If you want to be successful, look at what everyone else is doing and do the opposite.' TRENDING
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Gotta love Rich Liberals - they put their kids in the ‘better schools’ thinking that they won’t get Groomed, or experimented on, but then blow a gasket when they find out that the schools are run EXACTLY as they vote. They were always thinking that the crap from these schools would only happen to ‘those kids’, the ones from the other side of the tracks, but then find out, the hard way, that the virus is EVERYWHERE - or at least everywhere where an ‘Education Degree’ allows access to their kids.
How many special needs kids called iBrain could there possibly be?
"The decrepit state of the school did not add up to Newman, who had been told the school received between $100,000 and $350,000 from the New York Department of Education per student."
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