The state of California is asking a Fresno County judge to punish Immanuel Schools in defiance of an order to close. Today, Judge D. Tyler Tharpe set a hearing on October 9th to hear the state's request on contempt of court and possible monetary sanctions. Despite state and county health...
Immanuel Schools, County Prepare for Renewed Court Battle
Despite a legal setback this week from the state Supreme Court, Immanuel Schools is set to resume battle Tuesday morning in Fresno County Superior Court Judge D. Tyler Tharpe's courtroom. Fresno County seeks a preliminary injunction to close the school — which has been open since Aug. 13 in defiance...
State Supreme Court Rules Against Immanuel, Clovis Christian Schools
The state Supreme Court denied a petition to keep schools open and overrule the state's emergency order closing them down during the COVID-19 pandemic. Two private Valley schools, Immanuel Schools of Reedley and Clovis Christian Schools, were among nine plaintiffs seeking to overturn the order. The court did not hold...
Newsom Supports Fresno County’s Effort to Close Defiant School
Governor Gavin Newsom supports Fresno County's efforts to shut down a defiant Reedley school. Fresno County filed legal action against Immanuel Schools to shut it down. The private K-12 school opened on Aug. 13, defying state and county health orders that prohibit schools from offering full, in-person instruction when the...
Immanuel Schools Can Remain Open, Judge Rules
Pandemonium broke out in front of the B.F. Sisk Courthouse in downtown Fresno, after hundreds of supporters of Immanuel Schools learned that a judge ruled the private school can remain open. While only a fraction remained for the result than showed up earlier in the day, parents, students and other...
Judge Rules Immanuel Schools Can Stay Open for Now
Fresno County Superior Court Judge D. Tyler Tharpe denied a temporary restraining order Tuesday afternoon sought by county health officials that would have closed Immanuel Schools in Reedley. The private K-12 private Christian school opened Aug. 13 with in-class instruction, defying state and local health orders stemming from the coronavirus pandemic....
Judge to Decide Immanuel Schools’ Fate. Brandau Opposes Closure.
The county is seeking legal action to prevent a private Reedley school from staying open. One supervisor says that is the wrong move. Tuesday at 3:30 p.m., Fresno County, through its public health department, will ask for a temporary restraining order to prevent Immanuel Schools from in-person teaching. "Immanuel High...