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.