Irish-American teacher challenges St Patrick's Day meeting

An Irish-American teacher has launched a legal challenge after his employers scheduled a parent-teacher meeting on St Patrick’s Day.

Frank J Schorn lodged the legal challenge with the New York City Human Rights Commission after he claimed the timing of the meeting would mean he would miss the city’s parade.

Mr Schorn, who is also vice-president of the Emerald Isle Immigration Centre, was quoted on website irishcentral.com as saying: “The insensitive scheduling of parent-teacher meetings on March 17 has put me in an untenable position of choosing between my ethnic and religious heritage and my duty to help my students. I foresee being prevented from attending any Irish cultural events on March 17.”