Prognosis
Teachers Sue to Keep Schools Shut as Parents Demand They Reopen
- Florida teachers unions challenge order to re-open schools
- New York lawsuit seeks to achieve the opposite result
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Decisions to reopen schools or keep them closed are being met with lawsuits on both ends.
The Florida Education Association, a group of teachers unions, filed suit Monday to block an emergency order to reopen schools next month despite a spike in coronavirus infections. Meanwhile, a lawsuit in New York is seeking to ensure that schools there aren’t closed for the fall term.