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of students. Immanuel Schools began the school year on Aug. 13 with on- campus instruction in defiance of the county's order to remain closed as part of the state's mandate to remain off a County Monitoring List for 14 consecutive days.
The decision was met with cheers from the an estimated400-plus Immanuel Schools stu- dents, staff and parents who gathered outside the courthouse in down- town Fresno.
In a statement, the Immanuel School's Board of Trustees and superintendent Ryan Wood said "we appreci- ate the Fresno County Superior Court's deci- sion to not issue the Temporary Restraining Order which would have prevented our students from continuing on cam- pus instruction.
"Since returning to school on August 13th, we have seen God's hand move mightily on our campus and throughout our community. We have seen first-hand the im- portant of having school on campus based on the excitement of our stu- dents and communica- tion with our families,
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tra Garza,” said Marice- la Macedo, one of those protesting outside the facility on Aug. 23.
Macedo said her mother was diagnosed
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Immanuel High School students, along with parents and school officials gathered in downtown Fresno the afternoon of Aug. 25 to await the decision from a Fresno County Superior Court judge. The judge ruled that the school can remain open for on-campus instruction.
while also not having a single COVID related illness."
Earlier in the day, the Fresno County Board of Supervisors held a closed session to discuss the situation, but were taking no action. The day previous, on Aug. 24, Su- pervisor Steve Brandau held a news conference in Fresno to say he was not going to support the county's effort through the health department to shut down the school.
with COVID-19 and her family was not immedi- ately notified.
“They moved her several times and we asked why,” she said. “We then noticed she was alone in a room.”
“I then called be-
"I feel when it comes to COVID-19, I don't think it's worth neigh- bors suing neighbors at this time," Brandau said at the conference.
The county depart- ment of public health filed the request for a temporary injunction on Aug. 21, eight days after serving Immanuel Schools with a Health Officer Ordered Clo- sure.
In the injunction re- quest, the department
cause we were going to remove her,” Macedo continued, “It was then we received information from other family mem- bers here that there is a high rate of seniors who have been diagnosed with COVID.”
claimed that Immanuel's actions "will cause and continue to cause great and irreparable injury to the general public, including all persons within Fresno County, by creating a significant risk of further commu- nity spread of COVID 19, including hospitaliza- tions and deaths, which in turn is likely to result in continued and further restrictions on business- es and other operations and activities within
Macedo said it was only after the call to re- move her mother from the facility that staff made her aware of the positive COVID-19 test results.
“It’s like a trickle ef- fect, one family tells the other family and so on,” she said. “We can’t discharge them be- cause they are COVID positive, that is what we were told, I was going to take my mother out and they wouldn’t allow me because she was COVID positive.”
She also added that other families in the fa- cility were experiencing the same issue with their loved ones.
“When did they plan to tell us my mother was COVID positive,” she said. “Golden Living is not notifying families, they have to come and find out for themselves. Our question is, why is this happening?”
In a statement, Na-
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Fresno County, detri- mentally affecting the quality of life of the en- tire community."
In its statement af- ter the court decision, Immanuel Schools ac- knowledged that the de- cision is not permanent and will be continuing its legal efforts.
"Our legal actions will
than Williams, adminis- trator for Dycora Transi- tional Health and Living, said the facility is com- mitted to the safety and concern of their patients and staff.
“When an issue such as this is brought to our attention, we immedi- ately look into the situa- tion and cooperate with the appropriate par- ties,” said Williams. “In an effort to protect our patient’s privacy, and adhere to state and fed- eral regulations, we are not able to comment on specific individuals.
“However, when we do fall short of expecta- tions — we review the situation, correct our process and apologize for any distress that was caused."
Williams also added that regardless of the presence of COVID-19, they preemptively miti- gate a plan, and at Dy- cora the plan includes
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be at both the County and State levels, which includes our lawsuit seeking emergency re- lief against the Governor and State Health Direc- tor," the statement read. "The suit was filed be- fore the State Supreme Court and they have or- dered the state to file an opposition by [Aug. 28]."
dividing patients into color-coded sections for cohorting.
The term has been widely used since the pandemic began, and refers to the grouping of individuals with the same condition in the same location to prevent further spread of the vi- rus.
“Red for confirmed positive cases, yellow for those waiting test results and/or newly ad- mitted patients, and fi- nally green for patients without exposure,” said Williams. “Confirmed negative tests or those who have recovered from COVID-19.”
Macedo said her mother was removed from Dycora and is now at Clovis Community Hospital.
“She is not doing well,” Macedo said. “Her kidneys are starting to fail, we are just holding out hope.”
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COVID-19 update
As of 5:45 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, there had been 23,618 confirmed cases (12,315 active) of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) out of 190,422 tests (12.9 percent) in Fresno County, with 239 deaths and 244 currently hospitalized. Among Mid Valley Times cities, Reedley leads the way with the most positive cases at 1,189 while Sanger is at 1,157 cases; Parlier climbed to 966 cases and Orange Cove had 577 cases. Del Rey was at 109 cases while Fowler had 207 cases. Squaw Valley and Dunlap have 15 and five positive cases,
respectively. The county reported that 10,741 of the positive cases (43.6 percent) had recovered.
In Tulare County, there were 13,431 confirmed cases (933 active) of COVID-19 with 216 deaths and 58 hospitalized as of 10:45 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25. Breakdowns by cities/regions show 1,528 cases in Dinuba, 500 in Orosi, 280 in Cutler, 74 in Traver, 11 in the rural area south of Reedley and five in the rural area southeast of Orange Cove.
A total of 12,282 people (91.4 percent) had recovered from the virus in Tulare County.
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