{"id":8271,"date":"2020-09-17T15:31:13","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:31:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=8271"},"modified":"2020-09-17T15:31:13","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T21:31:13","slug":"wisconsin-supreme-courts-injunction-on-dane-county-schools-mandate-is-already-helping-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/?p=8271","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Supreme Court’s injunction on Dane County schools mandate is already helping kids"},"content":{"rendered":"

Cori Petersen<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\u201cWithin two hours of the court’s injunction, Abundant Life Christian School announced that all kids will have the opportunity to be back in the school building on Monday,\u201d said Chris Truitt, a parent from DeForest. \u201cWe are absolutely thrilled.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

On Aug. 21, Public Health Madison & Dane County issued Order #9, a mandate that all Dane County schools close to students in grades 3-12. The Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty sued on Aug. 26, challenging PHMDC\u2019s authority to close schools and asking the Wisconsin Supreme Court to invalidate Dane County\u2019s order on behalf of the Truitts and others. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The Wisconsin Supreme Court agreed on Sept. 10 to hear the case, consolidated it with two other similar challenges, and issued a temporary injunction allowing schools to open immediately.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt couldn’t have come at a better time,\u201d Truitt said. \u201cWe are at the end of our rope.\u201d  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

When Order #9 was issued on Aug. 21, families throughout Dane County had their plans thrown into chaos. While the Madison Metropolitan School District planned to begin the year virtually, many Dane County private schools planned to open in person. Order #9 effectively cancelled the choices of many parents who intentionally sought out in-person education despite the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve never had problems with school with her, but virtual learning was a disaster for us,\u201d said Erin Haroldson of Mount Horeb, a parent of an eight-year-old student and party to the WILL lawsuit. \u201cShe was beyond excited to go back to school. When the mandate came along, there were tears at our house.\u201d ?  <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Related: Catholic schools will sue Dane County Madison Public Health<\/a><\/u> <\/span>to open as scheduled<\/p>\n

Notes and links<\/a><\/u> <\/span>on Dane County Madison Public Health. (> 140 employees<\/a><\/u>).<\/p>\n

Molly Beck and Madeline Heim:<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

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which pushed Dane County this week not to calculate its percentage of positive tests \u2014 a data point the public uses to determine how intense infection is in an area.   <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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While positive test results are being processed and their number reported quickly, negative test results are taking days in some cases to be analyzed before they are reported to the state. <\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Channel3000<\/a><\/u>:<\/p>\n

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The department said it was between eight and 10 days behind in updating that metric on the dashboard, and as a result it appeared to show a higher positive percentage of tests and a lower number of total tests per day.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The department said this delay is due to the fact data analysts must input each of the hundreds of tests per day manually, and in order to continue accurate and timely contact tracing efforts, they prioritized inputting positive tests.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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\u201cPositive tests are always immediately verified and processed, and delays in processing negative tests in our data system does not affect notification of test results,\u201d the department said in a news release. \u201cThe only effect this backlog has had is on our percent positivity rate and daily test counts.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Staff have not verified the approximately 17,000 tests, which includes steps such as matching test results to patients to avoid duplicating numbers and verifying the person who was tested resides in Dane County.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

All 77 false-positive <\/span>COVID-19 tests come back negative upon reruns<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

Madison private school raises $70,000 <\/span><\/a>for lawsuit against public health order. \u2013 WKOW-TV. <\/span>Commentary<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

WEAC: <\/span>$1.57 million for Four Wisconsin Senators<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Assembly against <\/span>private school forced closure<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

Wisconsin <\/span>Catholic schools will challenge local<\/a><\/u> <\/span>COVID-19 closing order. <\/span>More<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

2017: West High Reading Interventionist Teacher\u2019s <\/span>Remarks to the School Board on Madison\u2019s Disastrous Reading Results<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Madison\u2019s taxpayer supported K-12 school district,<\/span> <\/span><\/span>despite spending far more than most<\/a><\/u>, has<\/span> <\/span><\/span>long tolerated disastrous reading results<\/a><\/u>.<\/span><\/p>\n

My<\/span> <\/span>Question to Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers<\/a><\/u> <\/span>on Teacher Mulligans and our Disastrous Reading Results<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAn emphasis on adult employment\u201d<\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n

Wisconsin Public Policy Forum<\/span> <\/span><\/span>Madison School District Report<\/a><\/u>[<\/span>PDF<\/a><\/u>]<\/span><\/p>\n

Booked, but can\u2019t read (Madison): <\/span>functional literacy, National citizenship and the new face of Dred Scott in the age of mass incarceration<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cori Petersen: \u201cWithin two hours of the court’s injunction, Abundant Life Christian School announced that all kids will have the opportunity to be back in the school building on Monday,\u201d said Chris Truitt, a parent from DeForest. \u201cWe are absolutely thrilled.\u201d  On Aug. 21, Public Health Madison & Dane County issued Order #9, a mandate that all Dane County […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8271"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8271"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8271\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8272,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8271\/revisions\/8272"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zmetro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}