Kanye West's private school only fed sushi for lunch and banned chairs and utensils so students had to eat with their hands on the floor, teachers claim in lawsuit

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Students at Donda Academy, the California-based private school launched by Kanye West, weren’t allowed to sit in chairs and only had one lunch option—sushi—according to a new lawsuit filed by two former teachers at the school. The teachers separately claimed that the Holocaust was omitted from the school's history classes.

Cecilia Hailey and Chekarey Byers, the only two Black female teachers at the academy, say they were fired after expressing concerns about conditions at the school to administrators, according to a copy of their complaint filed in Los Angeles Superior Court, reviewed by Fortune. They’re suing West and three academy directors for wrongful termination, discrimination retaliation and wages they say were withheld.