Pueblo County School District 70 has reinstated a substitute teacher after suspending him indefinitely in September over a Facebook post he made about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.

District officials placed Chris Sutton on what’s called “inactive” status on Sept. 16 after receiving complaints about a social media post he made — a move that barred him from teaching for at least the remainder of the 2025-26 academic year, according to a news release from Sutton’s Denver-based attorney, David Lane.

The district reinstated Sutton on Dec. 5 after his attorneys sent a letter to administrators threatening a lawsuit and alleging administrators violated the educator’s First Amendment right to free speech.

“This is a really important case,” said attorney Maddie Schaefer of Kil

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