Eight-Year-Old Suspended 38 Times for Not Wearing a Mask

A second-grader was forced to miss nearly two months of school after being suspended - 38 times - for standing up for her right to receive an education unmasked.

STORY AT-A-GLANCE

• Fiona Lashells, an 8-year-old in second grade in Florida, was subjected to an outrageous 38 school suspensions for not wearing a mask in school

• Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order ruling that school districts could not require students to wear masks, ensuring parents’ freedom to choose whether or not their children we…