Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday appealed a judge’s ruling that states he surpassed his authority when he issued an executive order banning school boards from imposing mask mandates. Attorneys for the Republican governor took the case to the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee, seeking to reverse Leon County Circuit Judge John C. Cooper’s ruling last week. Cooper on Friday ruled that the state could not sanction local school boards that require masks to prevent the spread of COVID-19, namely the Delta variant, on school property. His decision essentially gave the state’s 67 school boards the authority to impose mask mandates for students without parental consent. Cooper’s ruling was automatically stayed by the appeal. At a press briefing earlier this week, DeSantis said that he is confident that Florida will win on appeal by linking the mask requirement order to the “Parents’ Bill of Rights,” saying that the law …