Laurano v. Superintendent of Schools

The plaintiff, Karyn Laurano, appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing her complaint on the motion of the defendants, the town of Saugus and its school committee and superintendent of schools (collectively, town). She seeks a declaration that she was entitled to reemployment as a nurse in the Saugus public schools for the 2009-2010 school year.2

On review of the dismissal of her complaint pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 12 (b) (6), 365 Mass. 754 (1974), we accept Laurano’s allegations as true, “looking] beyond the conclusory allegations in the complaint and focus[ing] on whether…