By DAN NEPHIN – 7 hours ago
PITTSBURGH (AP) — One of the nation’s oldest prep schools on Tuesday disputed a lawsuit brought by a former basketball coach who claims he was forced to quit after complaining that the school told him he was recruiting too many blacks.
Anthony Cheatham sued The Kiski School, an all-boys institution founded in 1888, on Monday in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh. He seeks unspecified damages for mental anguish, loss of income and humiliation, and wants his job back.
But the school said that race is not the issue, that Cheatham was recruiting from the wrong league and that he quit voluntarily.
The school has about 200 students in grades 9-12. Students come from 15 countries, and about one-third are of color, headmaster Christopher Brueningsen said.