Michigan county shuts down Christian school amid court battle over COVID-19 orders
Last Sunday, the school filed a lawsuit against the state and local health department, challenging the state’s mask mandate. That led the OCDPH to issue additional cease-and-desist orders, later culminating in the school's closure.
While two teachers who work at the school had tested positive for COVID-19, both recovered and were cleared by their doctors to return to work. Similarly, two students had tested positive for the virus, having contracted it off the school's premises, and were cleared by their doctors to return to school.
As of Friday, there have been zero COVID-19 positive cases among faculty and students, according to updated records on the school's website.
The school's attorney, Ian Northon, told Fox 17, that since last Sunday the county has been calling a teacher to demand that she hand over the names of students in her second-grade class, and even threatened her with...