McMackins

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

Plaintiff asserts claims under the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990 (the “ADA”). In March 1995, while working as paraprofessional at a student store for defendant Elk Grove Unified School District (the “District”), plaintiff learned that she suffered from multiple sclerosis. A few months later she stopped working. Attempts to find her a less physically demanding position failed. In December of 1996, 'the District placed plaintiff on a “re-employment list.”

Plaintiff alleges that the District discriminated against her in violation of the ADA by failing to reasonably accommodate her medical condition and by subsequently terminating her. The court grants defendants’ motion for summary judgment.

I. Factual Background.

The parties agree that plaintiff began working as a paraprofessional in the student store at James Rutter Middle School in approximately 1991 or 1992. She worked approximately 3 and 1/2 hours per day as the sole employee responsible for organizing and operating the student store.

In March of 1995, plaintiff was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis.-She notified the District of her condition in late July of 1995. In the ensuing months she…