Prior Lake teacher sues district after suspension for private Facebook post about deporting families

Prior Lake teacher sues district after suspension for private Facebook post about deporting families Brooke Zahn is seeking lost wages for suspension and the time she spent in a required cultural competency class. August 30, 2025 at 7:00PM The Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools administration building, Prior Lake (Aaron Nesheim | Sahan Journal) A Prior Lake teacher has sued her school district in federal court for disciplining her over an immigration-related social media post, alleging that her constitutional rights were violated. Brooke Zahn, who teaches fourth grade at Jeffers Pond Elementary School in the Prior Lake-Savage Area Schools district, says in her lawsuit that she was punished because of her personal use of social media. She had reshared an image in December 2024 advocating the deportation of families with mixed immigration status to their native countries. Zahn had been disciplined in 2021 for anti-masking posts made during the COVID-19 pandemic, an episode that is also part of her lawsuit. “I love my job as a teacher, and I am proud of my right to free speech,” Zahn said in a news release Aug. 22, the week she filed the suit. “The district’s decision to punish me for my private opinions was
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