Florida school board defies DeSantis, sets 90-day mask policy after heated meeting

After an hours-long, often heated meeting Friday, Florida’s Sarasota County School Board voted 3-2 to implement a 90-day coronavirus mask mandate this fall, according to reports.

During the five-hour meeting, residents and parents decried the district’s "medical tyranny" and said they were "disgusted" and "mad as heck" over a mask mandate, Politico reported. The meeting had to be paused several times due to outbursts from attendees and some people were removed, according to Sarasota Magazine.  "So what this is, is it’s literally putting fear in our children and this is stuff that kids cannot overcome," parent Heather Huddleston told FOX 13 while demonstrating against masks outside of the meeting.