SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. (FOX Carolina) - An Upstate teacher aide has filed a federal lawsuit after she was fired over an alleged social media post made on Charlie Kirk’s passing.

According to the lawsuit, Lauren Vaughn, a teacher assistant at River Ridge Elementary, was terminated on Sept. 15 because of an off-duty Facebook post critiquing Kirk’s second amendment position. Now, she is suing Spartanburg County School District Five, the district’s Board of Trustee and Superintendent Randall Gary.

The lawsuit stated that on Sept. 10, Vaughn posted on her private and personal Facebook account the following:

Vaughn’s termination letter cited staff conduct, technology use and support-staff dismissal policies and invoked the social media guidelines that she had recently signed, the lawsuit sa

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