Judge recommends dismissing Clay County teacher’s case over Charlie Kirk comments …

Local News Clay County School District (Clay County School District) CLAY COUNTY, Fla. – A Florida judge last week recommended dismissing a misconduct case against a Clay County teacher for a post celebrating conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination. In an Oct. 21 ruling, Division of Administrative Hearings Judge Suzanne Van Wyk found the Department of Education could not prove Kelly Brock-Sanchez, an exceptional student education (ESE) teacher at Ridgeview Elementary School, violated DOE rules by posting about the killing of Kirk on her Facebook page. On Sept. 10, 2025, the day Kirk was assassinated by a gunman while speaking at a Utah college, Brock-Sanchez posted: “This may not be the obituary. We [sic] were all hoping to wake up to, but this is a close second for me.” RELATED | Clay County teacher suspended over Charlie Kirk comments files lawsuit against Florida education commissioner The DOE moved to discipline Brock-Sanchez, possibly by revoking her teacher certificate. The agency argued the post was made on a “public” Facebook page “for all the world to see.” But it wasn’t a “public” page, but a “private” Facebook page, where access to the site is controlled by the user and isn’t available to the
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