Wicked Local
WAREHAM – School Superintendent Kimberly Shaver-Hood is suing the town, the School Committee and three members individually for discrimination based on her sexual orientation, gender, age and protected activity.
Shaver-Hood is described in the complaint as a 64-year-old lesbian. The complaint was filed with Plymouth County Superior Court on Dec. 24. The protected activity comes into play because she had previously made a formal complaint to the town of discrimination.
The individual members named are Michael Flaherty, Mary Morgan and Apryl Rossi. Morgan and Rossi are also being sued for defamation, according to the complaint.
Shaver-Hood has been Wareham superintendent since 2013. She filed a complaint with the town on Nov. 15, 2019 alleging discriminatory employment practices and harassment by the committee and its members.