Skip to main content School that kept second grader in a 'cage' discriminated because of his race and disability, lawsuit says Lateshia Beachum, The Washington Post May 11, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail A mother of a 10-year-old boy with special education needs is suing Seattle Public Schools. JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images/Blend Images A mother of a 10-year-old boy with special education needs is suing Seattle Public Schools for denying her child an education and for keeping him in what the former principal described as a "cage" in 2019, the lawsuit alleges. The mother, whom The Washington Post is not naming because she is a domestic violence survivor, is seeking damages to be decided by the court, attorney's fees and costs, and other relief the court deems equitable.