Judge won’t order Montclair teachers to return to in-person instruction in ongoing lawsuit
Updated Feb 12, 2021;
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Public school students in Montclair school district will not set foot in a classroom until at least March after a judge denied the board of education’s request for a temporary injunction that would have immediately ordered teachers back in the classroom during the coronavirus pandemic.
Judge James Paganelli wrote that the Montclair Board of Education failed to prove that the district’s approximately 6,700 students have suffered “irreparable harm” by receiving remote instruction. The judge went on to say that the district hasn’t proven it has fully complied with the state department of education’s required health and safety standards to reopen schools.