Resident asks board to act after teacher’s online post allegedly threatened president

Angela Shippert, who identified herself as “a concerned taxpayer within this district,” used the board’s public-comment period to ask the district to reconsider retaining a teacher she said violated federal law and the district’s code of conduct after a Facebook post. Shippert said the post included “making threats against life of the president,” and she cited a federal criminal statute that addresses threats against the president.

Shippert told the board she reviewed the district’s employment handbook, which appears on the evening’s agenda, and said that retaining an employee who made such a post would “undermine the trust and jeopardize the safety and well-being of our students.” She urged the board to “take immediate action to address this serious issue” and to ensure “our schools remain safe havens for learning and growth.”

Shippert cited 18 U.S.C. 871 in her remarks, telling the board: “The statute clearly states that anyone who knowingly and willfully makes the threat to take the life of the president shall be fined or imprisoned up to 5 years.” The board did not announce any personnel action in response to the public comment during the meeting.

The claim in public comment and the statute citation were recorded in the meeting minutes; the board’s public materials included an employment handbook on the agenda for first reading. The board did not take a personnel vote during public comment, and no disciplinary action was announced on the record during the meeting.