Narin v. Lower Merion School Dist

In Narin v. Lower Merion School Dist. (E.D.Pa. 1998) 24 F. Supp.2d 465, 473, a teacher who was not hired for any of the approximately 10 positions for which she applied over the course of a year and a half alleged age discrimination against the school district. Narin rejected the plaintiff's attempt to rely on the continuing violations theory to bring some of the employment decisions before the court, finding that "each of the acts of discrimination as alleged in Plaintiff's complaint more closely resemble isolated employment decisions." Additionally, Narin stated that when the plaintiff learned she had not been hired for a particular position, " 'the act had the degree of permanence which should trigger an employee's awareness of and duty to assert his or her rights.' " (Ibid., quoting Berry v. Board of Sup'rs of L.S.U. (5th Cir. 1983) 715 F.2d 971, 981.)