A teacher at Oshkosh West High School is facing backlash due to his comments on the assassination of political commentator Charlie Kirk. 

The post and the profile have since been removed from Facebook, but screenshots of the post have been circulating online. 

In the post, Brian Phelps, a teacher at Oshkosh West, called Kirk a “morally evil human.” The post detailed ways the teacher disagreed with Kirk, but it also condemned political violence. Later, Phelps removed the post, saying that it was meant as an “attempt at a certain amount of hope.”  

“The Oshkosh Area School District (OASD) received information regarding a staff member’s personal post on social media and is handling the situation in accordance with district policies,” OASD Communication Director Katie Neiman said. “We are unable to comment on personnel matters.”

This is just one example of what several teachers throughout the state have been experiencing. A teacher in Cudahy and another in the Rosendale/Brandon School District have been placed on administrative leave following social media posts. One assistant principal in Elkhorn Lake was falsely accused of making a post about Charlie Kirk. Her accuser later removed the post and retracted his claim after hundreds of calls, including some death threats, were made to the school district.  

No other information has been released from OASD at this time.