<p>A Florida school district has finally dropped its student mask mandate, following the very public journey of an 8-year-old girl who was suspended a stunning <a href="https://www.news10.com/news/national/2nd-grader-suspended-38-times-over-mask-mandate-could-flunk-out/">38 times</a> for refusing to comply with the order.</p>
<p>Notably, the mandate defied Republican Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217; executive order giving Florida parents ultimate control over their kids&#8217; masking habits, not administrators.</p>
<p>The district mask order was <a href="https://www.palmbeachschools.org/news/what_s_new/november_2021/facial_coverings_while_on_school_district_property">repealed</a> on November 8, following a ruling from Division of Administrative Hearings Judge Newman which declared the Department of Health’s <a title="Opens in a new tab" href="https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/64DER21-15.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emergency Rule 64DER21-15</a> valid.</p>
<p>&#8220;Based on a new development at the State level, the School District will be moving to an opt-out status for facial coverings for students in all grade levels beginning this Monday, November 8, rather than on November 15 as you were originally informed,&#8221; the Palm Beach County school district told parents on November 6. &#8220;A ruling yesterday by Division of Administrative Hearings Judge Newman found the Department of Health’s <a title="Opens in a new tab" href="https://floridahealthcovid19.gov/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/64DER21-15.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Emergency Rule 64DER21-15</a> to be valid, therefore, a parent face covering opt-out will be reinstated effective Monday.&#8221;</p>
<p>Before the ruling, second-grader Fiona Lashells became the public face of the mask war, and more generally, parental rights. The child even made an appearance alongside Gov. DeSantis on &#8220;Fox &amp; Friends&#8221; earlier this month.</p>
<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m not wearing a mask because you touch it, and you have germs on your hand,&#8221; she <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/ron-desantis-florida-school-board-second-grader-suspended-mask">said</a> on-air. &#8220;And then you put it on your face and breathe in all the germs.&#8221;</p>
<p>The girl&#8217;s mother, Bailey Lashells, said her daughter complained about masking when she was forced to wear one last year, saying the mask was making her tired, a <a href="https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/education/2021/11/14/fiona-lashells-returns-school-after-being-suspended-over-masks/6281869001/">report</a> from The Palm Beach Post outlined. After the mandate was repealed, Lashells told Fiona she never had to wear a mask again. So when the district re-upped the requirement, Lashells said she would not be made a liar and told Fiona she did not have to wear a mask at school.</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“We promised her she wouldn’t have to wear a mask,” the mother said. “I think that’s what upset her so much. We had made that promise to her at the beginning of the year.”</p>
<p>When Fiona first went to school maskless, she was forced to eat lunch alone in a hallway outside an administrator&#8217;s office, the report detailed. She was then hit with in-school suspensions, and finally out-of-school suspensions. The child nearly missed two months of school and was forced to do schoolwork alone, without teachers and fellow students.</p>
<p>“I didn’t get to see my friends, that’s the sad part,” she told The Palm Beach Post. “But I did most of my work.”</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Finally, Fiona has been able to reunite with her classmates, and was reportedly met with &#8220;the fanfare of a homecoming war veteran&#8221; the day of her return, The Palm Beach Post reported. &#8220;Family friends waved signs and cheered. A state legislator strode proudly alongside.&#8221;</p>
<p class="gnt_ar_b_p">&#8220;She’s been just so adamant that she wants to make sure everyone can go back to school and have a choice,” Lashells said of her daughter. “I just love the people thinking I’m the one doing it.”</p>

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