OSKALOOSA, Iowa —

An Oskaloosa High School art teacher is suing the school district, claiming it violated his constitutional right to free speech when the school board voted to fire him over a post he made in the aftermath of the Charlie Kirk shooting.

The Oskaloosa School Board voted to terminate art teacher Matthew Kargol's contract following a closed session meeting on Wednesday.

On Thursday morning, Kargol filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. He is suing the school district and district superintendent Michael Fisher.

The lawsuit claims that a social media post Kargol made in the hours after conservative activist Charlie Kirk's shooting death on Sept. 10 was "rhetorical hyperbole" and nothing about the post connected his words to his employ

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