Catholic Schools Stay Open in WI; Court Date Set Over COVID Closure Order

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Wisconsin Supreme Court sets oral arguments for December 8th, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception.

MADISON, Wisconsin — Students returned to the classrooms of St. Ambrose Academy this week under a Wisconsin Supreme Court temporary injunction that prevents the Dane County health agency from enforcing a COVID-19 school-closure order, just as the court scheduled oral arguments in the case for December 8th, the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

The court this week held in abeyance a new motion from Public Health Madison & Dane County seeking to vacate the court’s September 10 injunction that allows all county schools from grades 3-12 to be open for in-person instruction. This most likely means St. Ambrose and other Catholic schools can finish the fall term without further threat of closure due to outbreak of the coronavirus. A coalition of eight Catholic schools and parishes on August 28 asked the Wisconsin Supreme Court for emergency action, saying the health agency’s August 21 school-closure order, Emergency Order #9, was unconstitutional and beyond the agency’s legal authority.

“So many of our parents have reached out to express their joy about their kids being back in school,” said Joan Carey, executive director of St. Ambrose Academy, a classical Catholic school enrolling grades 6-12. “They’re ecstatic that the Wisconsin Supreme Court recognized the damage being done to children and removed the roadblocks to furthering their education. Our parents are confident that we have taken every possible measure to reopen in compliance with public health guidelines, including renting space in a nearby building and moving half our student body there to enable social distancing.”

After being enjoined from enforcing its COVID-19 school-closure order, Public Health Madison & Dane County went back to the Wisconsin Supreme Court on September 16, seeking to have........

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