Adults in the Room: Bad Apples
4/7/202638 min
A surprise archival interview with a former Garfield High School principal reveals that the teacher abuse problem at the school extended beyond Tom Hudson. Isolde discovers that the district received numerous credible allegations of temper outbursts and sexual harassment about her Garfield journalism teacher, Dave Ehrich, but kept him in the classroom until his retirement in 2019.
As Isolde looks into the district’s recent history addressing repeat allegations against teachers, she finds more examples of teachers who were physically and sexually abusive towards multiple students, but were still allowed to keep their jobs.
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Isolde Raftery· Host0:41
[pensive music] Focus from KUOW in Seattle. This episode includes an explicit description of a sexual act and discussion of sexual harassment. Please take care while listening.
Cheryl Chow· Soundbite0:59
This school, when I first came to it, man, your eyes could get poked out with everybody pointing the finger to everybody else whose fault it was.
Isolde Raftery· Host1:08
I never got to interview Cheryl Chow, my former principal at Garfield High School in Seattle. She died more than a decade ago, so it was surreal listening to Ms. Chow's voice through my headphones as she described the Tom Hudson scandal, which took place during my senior year. [pensive music] Mr.