Not long after Stafford Township School District nurse Erin Pein was suspended for violating the district policy on staff wearing masks inside school buildings, many jumped in behind her to fight against the mask mandate put in place by Gov. Phil Murphy and the state Department of Education.

Several hundred supporters showed up to the grounds of Stafford Intermediate School on May 10 to rally alongside her, calling on people to take action against what many of them refer to as “child abuse.”