DORTCH v. ALACHUA COUNTY SCHOOL BD.

No. 1D21-2994.

330 So.3d 976 (2021)

Gina DORTCH, Brad Gonzalez, Scott Burford, Amber Burford, Nichole Carlisle, Carrie Gillespie, Kim Hickey, Amanda Moore, Michael Tickel, Amanda Weber, Amanda Donoho, Dee Basso, Shelisa Wingenbach, Katie Lewandowski, Gregory Adame, Heather Wallace, Gary Desjardins, Michelle Petty, Taran Helm, Jeff Sellers, Sean Collins, and Tia Bess, Petitioners, v. ALACHUA COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD, Superintendent Carlee Simon, Duval County School Board, Superintendent Diana Greene, Respondents.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

October 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Seldon J. Childers of Childers Law, LLC, Gainesville; and Nicholas P. Whitney of AndersonGlenn LLP, Jacksonville, for Petitioners.

David Delaney and Natasha S. Mickens of Dell Graham, PA, Gainesville, for Respondents Alachua County School Board and Superintendent Carlee Simon.

Rita Mairs , Chief Legal Counsel for the Duval County School Board; and Jon R. Phillips , Deputy General Counsel, Craig D. Feiser , Assistant General Counsel, and James E. Millard , Assistant General Counsel for the City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, for Respondents Duval County School Board and Superintendent Diana Greene.

Mark W. Moseley , Chief Judge, Eighth Judicial Circuit.

Mark H. Mahon , Chief Judge, Fourth Judicial Circuit.


Petitioners, as parents of school children in Alachua and Duval Counties, have petitioned this Court for a writ of mandamus to require the children's respective school boards to comply with section 1000.03(3), Florida Statutes (2021), and Florida Department of Health Emergency Rule 64DER21-15. Respondents argue they need not, and do not...

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