The man who is slated to facilitate a Dec. 11 “listening session” for Jewish and Israeli families in the Bellevue School District in Washington state is accused in a federal lawsuit of having failed, in his previous job, to shield a Jewish student from escalating antisemitic harassment.

On Nov. 29, 2023, Seattle Public Schools lauded William Jackson, then principal of Nathan Hale High School, for being named the state’s principal of the year, and the Seattle district superintendent said Jackson “has a clear vision of how to systemically build climate for equity, justice and academic outcomes.”

Per Jackson’s LinkedIn page , he left that job in June 2024. In the interim, he has run an education consultancy and has taught as an adjunct instructor at the University of Washington, per his

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