Fourth grader who spoke out against school mask mandate said he ‘wanted to take a stand’

Published May 19, 2021 12:00am ET



John Provenzano, the 10-year-old Florida student who criticized his school district’s mask mandate at a school board meeting, said he did it because he “wanted to take a stand.”

The fourth grade student from Felix A. Williams Elementary in Martin County told Fox & Friends on Wednesday that his classmates are “not happy” about the compulsory face mask rule either.

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