Quarantine Order: Timber Creek

06 Oct Blue Valley backs away from Timber Creek quarantine order

Posted at 22:50h in Quarantine Order: Timber Creek

Approximately 100 Timber Creek elementary students who had allegedly been ordered into quarantine by their school are returning to their education after a letter from the Kansas Justice Institute questioning the legality of the order. On Sept. 18, 2020, Kansas Justice Institute litigation director Sam MacRoberts sent a letter to Timber...

21 Sep COVID-19 case in Blue Valley elementary school: More than 100 told to quarantine

Posted at 15:42h in Media, Quarantine Order: Timber Creek

BY SARAH RITTER More than 100 people have been instructed to quarantine after being in contact with someone who tested positive for COVID-19 at Blue Valley’s Timber Creek Elementary School in Overland Park. Sanmi Areola, county health director, confirmed on Monday that the department is investigating more...

20 Sep Parents protest quarantine decision outside Timber Creek Elementary

Posted at 15:39h in Media, Quarantine Order: Timber Creek

KCTV5 NEWS JOHNSON COUNTY, KS (KCTV) -- Dozens of Johnson County parents are protesting a decision that requires more than 100 elementary students to quarantine at home for two weeks. The crowd gathered outside Timber Creek Elementary School, which is in the Blue Valley School District. They claim...

20 Sep Dozens protest after more than 100 asked to quarantine at Timber Creek Elementary

Posted at 15:36h in Media, Quarantine Order: Timber Creek

by: Jessica Eley OVERLAND PARK, Kan. — Timber Creek students haven’t been in school a full two weeks. Now over 100 people are being asked to quarantine after a recommendation from the Johnson County Health Department. “This is a significant overreaction and these children should not be...

18 Sep Kansas Justice Institute questions legality of Timber Creek school quarantine

Posted at 22:49h in Quarantine Order: Timber Creek

Kansas Justice Institute litigation director Sam MacRoberts this morning sent a letter to Timber Creek Elementary School in USD 229 Blue Valley, questioning the legality of a reported COVID quarantine of more than 100 students. Parents received an email yesterday from Leasi Fry on behalf of Principal...