Former robotics coach sues for wrongful termination, ‘discrimination,’ ‘harassment’ Tara Kapoor, Senior Staff Writer October 25, 2020
Debate heats up over possible CS requirement Benjamin Huang, Arts and Entertainment Editor May 24, 2018
Committee to recommend computer science graduation requirement Nisha McNealis, Managing Editor February 15, 2018
Girls in STEM panel draws international audience to the MAC Eleanor Krugler, Editor-in-Chief February 7, 2018
School board looks to approve new science course Aisha Chabane, Sherwin Amsbaugh, and Daniella Maydan March 6, 2016
![As Palo Alto High School's robotics coach in 2018, Kathleen Krier aimed to expand the diversity of the team. Almost two years after a series of conflicts with robotics students that led to her resignation in Oct. 2018, Krier has filed a set of lawsuits against the district and a group of robotics students and parents. The cases claim wrongful termination of Krier's employment as well as harassment and homophobic acts towards her. "Defendants [Paly students and parents] intended to disrupt the performance of the agreement [of Krier's employment contract] by having the plaintiff [Krier] removed from her position as coach of the robotics team," court complaints state. "Defendants engaged in such conduct with malice, oppression or fraud." Photo: Eleanor Krugler. Additional reporting: Tony Liao.](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/pasted-image-0-900x600.png)
![The Palo Alto High School robotics yard stands empty on Thursday after school. According to build team captain Lawrence Chang, the team’s head coach, Kathleen Krier, has prohibited students from being in a part of the lab without teacher supervision one of several new rules that have caused tensions between herself and the team. “Out of the blue, [she] says that she refuses to supervise the Java shop area,” Chang said. “I ask for clarification … and then she gets really angry at me, saying how I need to stop questioning her authority.” Photo: Benjamin Huang](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/DSC_0019-900x600.jpg)
![Junior Zage Phillips works on a coding assignment for her Advanced Placement Computer Science class. Phillips expressed support for the idea of a mandatory CS requirement, but added that students should be able to choose from a variety of programming-related classes. "I think it would be a great idea for students to have a one semester requirement of some sort of programming class[[.]] ... However, I do understand that programming isn't everyone's strong suit, so I think it would also be nice to create more programming and software engineering classes at Paly so there is something for everyone." Photo: Nisha McNealis](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/DSC_0135-2-900x600.jpg)
