Claims of racial discrimination brought by one of two black teachers in the Boyertown Area School District have survived a motion to dismiss in federal court.
Although the school district had tried to have the case dismissed on procedural grounds, first arguing that it was time-barred, U.S. District Judge Lawrence F. Stengel of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania held that equitable tolling would preserve the teacher’s claims since she had filed a request to proceed in forma pauperis within the specified timeframe.
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