BATTLE GROUND, Wash. — Several teachers attended the Battle Ground School Board meeting Monday to support an educator they said was fired by the district over a student's text message containing false information.

In September, Battle Ground Education Association leaders said one of Amanda Gonzales' students sent a text message to his mother stating that Gonzales had called the late Charlie Kirk a Nazi during class. That text was then widely circulated on social media, triggering public backlash. Association president Mary Mendoza-Haensel said it led to death threats aimed at Gonzales.

She also said the student who sent the text message later recanted it when questioned by district officials.

The union is now asking the board to reinstate Gonzales to her position as a social studies tea

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