Bay State Virtual School Kids’ Bid to Play Team Sports Denied

Massachusetts’ governing body of high school sports won’t be required to immediately allow students enrolled in a statewide virtual public high school to participate in the sports teams of their local brick-and-mortar high schools while their suit challenging a ban on their participation proceeds.

The plaintiffs, Sarah Jones and John and Jane Smith—parents of high school students attending theEducation Cooperative Connections Academy—aren’t entitled to an injunction allowing their kids to participate in interscholastic athletics because they are unlikely to succeed on the merits of their claims, Judge Angel Kelley of the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts ruled ...