PHILADELPHIA (PA)
Philadelphia Inquirer
KATHY BOCCELLA, INQUIRER STAFF WRITER
POSTED: Monday, February 24, 2014
The former principal of Cardinal O’Hara High School has sued the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for suddenly firing her last November, just five months after she was asked to be associate superintendent.
The suit maintains that Marie Rogai was a distinguished Catholic school educator who was told she did not smile enough and was too direct in a meeting with her bosses on Nov. 8 in which she was asked to resign.
When Rogai refused to step down, she was fired three days later with no explanation to her or the school community, the lawsuit says.
The sudden mid-year termination of a principal implies there was “misconduct, generally of a sexual, criminal, fraudulent or similar basis,” according to the suit, which was filed Monday in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court and seeks compensatory and punitive damages.
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