Judge grants Minneapolis teachers temporary restraining order halting in-person teaching for some
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A weekend temporary order allowed some Minneapolis Public School District (MPS) teachers and staff to not return to in-person work Monday due to Covid-19 concerns, according to court documents..
MPS staff were expected to return to in-person teaching Monday, but a ruling from Hennepin County District Court Judge Susan Robiner said that staff and teachers who had accommodations to work from home or were in the process of applying for them did not have to return with the rest of the staff, according to the order obtained by CNN affiliate WCCO.
More than 2,900 Minneapolis Public Schools staff were called back to work in person, starting Monday. On Saturday, a court said the district must honor work-from-home accommodations in place or in process.
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MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota Just a week before many elementary students return to in-person learning and with elementary school staff expected to return Feb. 1, the Minneapolis teachers union received a victory in Hennepin County District Court.
On Saturday, the court granted a limited temporary restraining order prohibiting Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) from requiring staff to return to work in person on Monday if they have obtained accommodations to work from home or if they are in the process of getting them.
A Hennepin County district court orders the Minneapolis Public School District to accept teachers' union requests for an accommodation to work from home.