. >> at the root of this are some serious allegations at former chief operating officer tim harrisonims the school officials tried to ignore. in the process he says they turned on him. we want to warn you, some of the language in the story may be offensive but needs to be used to explain what happened. landen school has about 700 students of all ages. the annual tuition here is about 30 grand. by all accounts, it's an elite institution for those with deep pockets. but now allegations of discrimination are brewing and it has one former school executive who seen it happen taking actions. >> he calls the workers as [ bleep ] . and i said to him, my wife is hispanic, puerto rican and frankly i resent you using that term. >> tim harrison was the director of the office of finance and operations and got word when one of the su bored nits used a -- subordinates used a slur to describe workers. from that point on, things only got worse. two maintenance supervisors who spoke very little english were talked down to, humiliated and forced to put up with sub par working conditions. >> it was kind