Parents Denied TRO In School Reopening Suit; Preliminary Injunction Hearing Set

Mealey's (May 20, 2021, 9:04 AM EDT) -- LOS ANGELES — A California state judge on May 4 denied an application for a temporary restraining order filed by parents of Los Angeles public school students and a parent-led student advocacy organization to compel a Los Angeles school district that had closed schools to in-person teaching because of the COVID-19 pandemic to resume full-time in-person instruction “to the greatest extent possible at the earliest practicable time.”  The judge also scheduled a hearing on the parents’ application for an order to show cause why a preliminary injunction should not issue pending trial for May 26....