No. 23-1817

KARI MACRAE,

Plaintiff, Appellant,

v.

MATTHEW MATTOS; MATTHEW A. FERRON; HANOVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS,

Defendants, Appellees.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MASSACHUSETTS

[Hon. Denise J. Casper, U.S. District Judge]

Before

Gelpí, Selya, and Thompson, Circuit Judges.

Michael Bekesha, with whom Judicial Watch, Inc. was on brief, for appellant. Gregor A. Pagnini, with whom Leonard H. Kesten, Deidre Brennan Regan, and Brody, Hardoon, Perkins & Kesten LLP were on brief, for appellees.

June 28, 2024 THOMPSON, Circuit Judge. Today's appeal was brought by Kari MacRae ("MacRae"), a former teacher at Hanover High School ("Hanover High") in Hanover, Massachusetts, against Hanover High's principal Matthew Mattos ("Mattos"), Hanover High's superintendent Matthew A. Ferron ("Ferron"), and Hanover Public Schools ("the District" and, collectively with Mattos and Ferron, "Defendants"). And he