Joseph McNamara Hefner

Freaks and Geeks (1999-2000) The Diary (S01E10)

In early 2021, a comment posted in an alumni Facebook group by a former UNCSA Dance instructor — who later became a defendant former administrator in the high school alumni lawsuit — fueled anger among a handful of former students. The alumni approached the attorney Gloria Allred, whose firm agreed to take their case with the assistance of the Lanier Law Group, which is based in North Carolina. Unbeknownst to the soon-to-be plaintiffs, both a college alumnae lawsuit and a Title IX complaint involving the director of the high school drama program were filed the same month that their online confrontation with their former instructor occurred. In tandem, these three episodes instigated UNCSA’s first public reckoning with its accurate history in almost 30 years.