Maryland Community College Hit With Race, Disability Bias Suit

A former Montgomery College employee claims she was denied reasonable accommodations and eventually terminated by the Maryland school while on short-term disability leave in retaliation.

The college repeatedly denied Naana Boukharraz’s requests to work remotely due to her disability and implemented sick leave policies targeted at her, she alleged in a complaint filed Monday in the US District Court for the District of Maryland.

Boukharraz, who worked as associate director of prospect research since 2012, says she suffered a blood clot in her lung in 2021 that required insertion of a filter in her leg vein, leaving her unable to ...