Kathryn Cichocki, an English teacher at Valparaiso High School in Valparaiso, Indiana, has resigned after suggesting on social media that the assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk was a good thing.

After the news broke that Kirk had been assassinated, Cichocki shared an image of actress Bette Davis that included a quote, which read, “One should only say good things about the dead … He’s dead. Good,” according to a report by the Times of Northwest Indiana .

Last week, the teacher’s social media post was then posted to X, where it went viral.

“Valparaiso Community Schools is aware of an objectionable post regarding the death of a public figure on the personal social media account belonging to an employee,” the school district said last week, in a statement posted to

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