Lakeside High School athletic trainer Benjamin Lewis has resigned from his position, alleging school administrators and coaches repeatedly disregarded medical decisions and student-athlete safety protocols, including heat-related safety requirements.
Lakeside School District Superintendent Bruce Orr disputed Lewis’ characterization of events while praising his work at the district and saying officials are working to find a qualified replacement.
Lewis announced his resignation in a written statement, saying it was effective immediately and that he had also delivered a physical resignation letter to the high school office.
Lewis said he spent the past 10 years developing Lakeside Sports Medicine and helped establish policies in 2018 that gave the school’s sports medicine staff, under the direction of team physicians, final authority over athletes’ participation status.