Two of three Christian schools resolve Jeffco mask mandate lawsuit

Two of 3 Christian schools resolved a suit with Jefferson County Public Health implicit their compliance with the county’s COVID-19 disguise mandate Wednesday.

The cases against some Beth Eden Baptist School and Augustine Classical Academy were dismissed, tribunal records show.

County wellness officials agreed to disregard the lawsuit against Augustine Classical Academy aft the schoolhouse agreed to let wellness inspectors to person entree to its building.

Representatives for Beth Eden Baptist School did not instantly instrumentality requests for remark Wednesday and the details of that school’s solution were not instantly clear.

District Judge Randall Arp signed disconnected connected Augustine’s statement during the second time of a contentious tribunal hearing successful which Jefferson County Public Health sought a judge’s bid to unit the schools to travel disguise mandates and let wellness inspectors contiguous entree to classrooms.

The proceeding volition proceed Thursday with the sole remaining defendant, Faith Christian Academy, arsenic good arsenic Golden View Classical Academy, which was allowed to intervene successful the case.

Jefferson County Public Health sought the judge’s bid past week aft their wellness inspectors recovered the 3 schools were not pursuing the county’s schoolhouse disguise mandate successful their facilities. The schools objected, saying some that they were pursuing the county’s guidance and that the county’s nationalist wellness bid was unconstitutional.

Arp said Wednesday that helium expects grounds and statement successful the lawsuit to decorativeness by mid-day Thursday, and said the earliest helium would determine whether to contented a preliminary injunction against Faith Christian Academy would beryllium Thursday afternoon. He added that betwixt 250 and 300 radical person watched the proceeding online astatine assorted times this week.

Representatives for Augustine Classical Academy and Jefferson County Public Health did not instantly instrumentality requests for remark Wednesday.