So since the EO came from the Gov the OCPS stated it didn't apply to them, they didn't give any kind of clarification on it or even where they got the authority from to say this. I spent much of today jumping from place to place over the phone to finally get a solid answer on why this is the case.
A few things I learned while playing this game of "ask your other parent" is that the Department of Education is where the order came from, that their lawyers and the Gov that they will follow EO #2021-101 and the mask mandate for schools will be lifted July 1. HOWEVER I also learned that the Department of Education did leave the mask mandate up to the individual counties/districts to make their own policy on how to enforce it but they recommended that masking be OPTIONAL. Which means the Orange County School Board is the one responsible for this policy.
I unfortunately do not know enough about politics, but I know from looking this board and the other states how they are voting out and reelecting school board members that these people need to be removed for willfully endangering our children. Orange County Florida is a very blue area, I don't know how to get the word out enough to make something like that happen and from my understanding I am the only parent at my child's school who was outraged enough to make a stand and find out all of this. Even the assistant principle couldn't tell me more to which I ended up calling her back at the end of it and letting her know where the decision came from.
Go to frontlinedoctors.org then click legal. They have a template letter for school boards. It is illegal to force ANYONE to wear a mask, because FDA emergency use authorization requires informed consent, just like the vaccines. Read that letter, learn about the power you have. They also have legal help on their site if you want to go after them.
Thank I will check this out!
Edit: So I looked into it, for the legal help they connect you to an attorney in the state if they have one for a fee of 50$ and then the attorneys own fees, something I don't have the funds to push on. As well with this letter I don't think anything will get done before July 1 considering how slow they move, I do know even if I brought this to her school, her school can do nothing I need to bring it to the school board which is something I know nothing about on how to contact them.
I really feel alone in all of this.
I really hate to sond the way im about to sound buuuuuuuuuuuuuuut i think its time you find out how to get ahold of the school board. Youve gone this far. Somebody has to kick it off. The rest of the parents are most likely thinking its all a law they cant do anything about.
Get out there and show them