Alumni defend Tampa's Academy of the Holy Names after lawsuit alleges "woke culture"

More than 430 alumni from Tampa's Academy of the Holy Names and other Catholic academies are pushing back against a lawsuit alleging that the school has "become woke" and strayed from Catholic teaching, per the Tampa Bay Times.

State of play: The alumni signed an open letter that says the practices the lawsuit criticizes are not lapses, but examples of Catholic faith in action.

The big picture: The lawsuit was filed in June by Anthony and Barbara Scarpo, who pledged $1.35 million to the school attended by their two daughters.

• In a 45-page lawsuit asking that their pledge be rescinded, they claim the school was distancing itself from mainstream Catholicism and embracing a "woke culture" that made students feel guilty for being white and having enough money to attend.