Across the country a number of people have lost their jobs following their comments on social media about the assassination of political activist and faith leader Charlie Kirk. At least one Ector County Independent School District employee is one of them and another is on administrative leave.

Kirk founded Turning Point USA and was assassinated in Utah last week while speaking at a college campus.

Names of the employees were not in the news release. The Odessa American has requested those names.

Ector County ISD issued a statement saying they have been made aware that district employees “had posted social media comments that do not reflect the values or expectations placed upon educators in our school district.

“One employee, a part-time tutor, will no longer work for ECISD, and a seco

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