It's Not a Good Time to Be a Broadie

Yet another Eli Broad Superintendent Academy graduate comes under fire. This one, LaVonne Sheffield of Rockford, Illinois, and "class" of 2002, has been served with papers alleging defamation.

How juicy it is:

The former president of the Louisiana School Boards Association, Hammatt said the case is more about protecting the Rockford community and his professional reputation.

“Such public, defamatory statements cannot be left unchallenged,” Hammatt said. “The totally fallacious claims the superintendent made that night in February, during the televised school board meeting, were clearly designed to stifle public participation and to have a chilling effect on those who would dare to question her policies.”

Hammatt, of Baton Rouge, La., works as an independent researcher and public speaker. He has also been an instructor at Louisiana State University.

For fun, here is a copy of the actual complaint:

Noel Hammatt v. LaVonne Sheffield