Schools
D300 School Board Member Removed As President After Charlie Kirk Comments
The school board voted 5-1 to remove Zettler from the board during a special meeting Thursday night.
ALGONQUIN, IL — The District 300 school board has voted to remove school board president Nancy Zettler from her seat.
The school board voted 5-1 to remove Zettler from the board during a special meeting Thursday night, according to the Daily Herald.
The blowback from parents and the school district came after Zettler said she would not apologize following A Facebook post where she noted that her initial reaction to Charlie Kirk's death was "karma.”
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The post read, "The first thing I thought when I heard this today was ‘karma, it’s a (expletive).’ Then I read this. The author, Qasim Rashid, says it best.” The post from Rashid centered around the need for empathy following Kirk's assassination.
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During the Thursday school board meeting, the board decided not to censure Zettler, the Daily Herald is reporting.
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