Donna M. Jones v. Fairfax County School Board

Alexandria, Virginia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Amiercans with Disability Act violaiton theory.



The Plaintiff filed suit against the Fairfax County School Board ("Appellee”) pursuant to the ADA, alleging that the school's refusal to grant her proposed accommodation violated the statute. The district court concluded that Plaintiff's proposed accommodation would not have allowed her to perform all the essential functions of her job and was thus unreasonable. The Plaintiff was not able identified a reasonable accommodation that she should have been given but was not.



The ADA bars employers from "discriminat[ing] against a qualified individual on the basis of disability.” 42 U.S.C. § 12112(a). Discrimination includes failing to provide an employee with a reasonable accommodation that would enable the employee to perform the essential functions of their job. Tartaro-McGowan v. Inova Home Health, LLC, 91 F.4th 158, 165 (4th Cir. 2024) ("Discrimination can include failing to make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of an otherwise qualified individual with a disability.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)); Perdue v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S., LLC, 999 F.3d 954, 962 (4th Cir. 2021) ("One form of discrimination is failing to make reasonable accommodations for a disabled employee's known physical or mental limitations.” (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)).

Motion for summary judgment granted.



Affirmed