2nd Circuit: Board’s Refusal To Reassign Amputee Teacher Wasn’t Discriminatory

Mealey's (September 7, 2017, 10:14 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A school board that ignored repeated requests by a teacher who is an amputee to reassign him to a higher grade so he wouldn’t have to bend and squat and irritate lesions did not violate state or federal laws, a Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel ruled Aug. 21 (Jon Wenc v. New London Board of Education, No. 16-3171, 2nd Cir., 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 15801)....

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