Virginia Teacher With Lung Issues Loses Disability Bias Appeal

Virginia’s Fairfax County School Board defeated a teacher’s bid to revive a lawsuit alleging the denial of permission to work remotely to avoid mold and dust issues following lung surgery violated federal disability bias law.

Stephanie Thacker’s request for “temporary but total telework” wasn’t reasonable under the Americans with Disabilities Act because it wouldn’t have enabled her to perform all essential job functions while in place, the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit said. Jones’ duties as an elementary school resource teacher included administering tests and co-teaching, and she admitted she couldn’t perform those face-to-face tasks while off-site, ...