This episode of Adults in the Room, hosted by Isolde Raftery, investigates the systemic failure of Seattle Public Schools to protect students from predatory teachers, using the case of Tom Hudson, a beloved science teacher at Garfield High School who died by suicide in 2000 amid alle
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