{"id":2510844,"date":"2025-11-15T06:26:02","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:26:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cover-up-school-tries-charging-mom-116k-to-get-copy-of-charlie-kirk-hating-teachers-curriculum\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T06:27:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T11:27:48","slug":"cover-up-school-tries-charging-mom-116k-to-get-copy-of-charlie-kirk-hating-teachers-curriculum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cover-up-school-tries-charging-mom-116k-to-get-copy-of-charlie-kirk-hating-teachers-curriculum\/","title":{"rendered":"Cover-Up: School Tries Charging Mom $116K to Get Copy of Charlie Kirk-Hating Teacher&#8217;s Curriculum"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcover-up-school-tries-charging-mom-116k-to-get-copy-of-charlie-kirk-hating-teachers-curriculum%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2510844&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Rhode Island&#8217;s Barrington Public Schools is facing controversy after a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >social studies teacher<\/a>, Benjamin Fillo, posted a TikTok video celebrating the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. In the video, Fillo mocked Kirk and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/did-curt-schilling-cross-a-line-baseball-legend-getting-torched-over-what-he-said-on-his-podcast\/\" title=\"Did Curt Schilling go too far? Baseball icon facing backlash for podcast comments.\">made inflammatory remarks<\/a> about white men and guns. Following the backlash, Fillo was placed on paid leave and removed as co-president of the local teachers&#8217; union. Additionally, a student testified that Fillo exhibited a conservative bias in class, penalizing conservative viewpoints while allowing liberal ones.<\/p>\n<p>A concerned parent, Nicole Solas, requested access to Fillo&#8217;s curriculum over the past 15 years to investigate whether his rhetoric has influenced his teaching. The school district responded wiht an exorbitant estimated cost of $116,000 to provide this information, citing the extensive hours required to review materials stored across multiple systems. They offered to reduce the cost to $5,500 if the request was shortened to five years, though Solas insists on a longer timeframe given the political context dating back to 2016.<\/p>\n<p>Critics argue the district is protecting the teacher rather than prioritizing student welfare. The incident is part of a broader pattern of educators expressing extreme political views, often on social media, prompting calls for increased parental involvement and oversight in schools.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Rhode Island&rsquo;s Barrington Public Schools is trying desperately to cover for a deranged social studies teacher who celebrated the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>The school system found itself handling a Public Records Act requests after the aforementioned <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/school-scrambling-teacher-goes-viral-mocking-charlie-kirks-death-no-kings-protest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teacher<\/a> &mdash; Benjamin Fillo &mdash; posted a TikTok following the events of Sept. 10, where he said of Kirk, &ldquo;the big man&hellip; thought he proved how tough he was with his words that he studied ahead of time,&rdquo; concluding &ldquo;this is what happens&rdquo; when white men have guns.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Bye Charlie!&rdquo; Fillo said, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/accountability\/watchdogs\/cost-transparency-district-demands-six-figures-provide-anti-kirk-teachers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Just the News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Following that TikTok, Fillo was put on paid leave and removed as co-president of the local <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/leftist-teacher-showed-charlie-kirk-assassination-students-told-deserved-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teachers<\/a> union.<\/p>\n<p>A student in Fillo&rsquo;s class also testified that he told students Republicans today would support slavery during a Civil War lesson, and she apparently had her paper topic corrected for its conservative viewpoints even as a more liberal student did not get the same treatment.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> console.log(\"A\/B Test Video Player\"); \/\/ Helper function to set a cookie function setVideoCookie(name, value, days) {     var expires=\"\";     if (days) {         var date=new Date();         date.setTime(date.getTime() + (days*24*60*60*1000));         expires=\"; expires=\" + date.toUTCString();     }     document.cookie=name + \"=\" + (value || \"\")  + expires + \"; path=\/\"; }  \/\/ Helper function to get a cookie function getVideoCookie(name) {     var nameEQ=name + \"=\";     var ca=document.cookie.split(';');     for(var i=0; i <ca.length; i++) {         var c=ca[i];         while (c.charAt(0)==' ') c=c.substring(1,c.length);         if (c.indexOf(nameEQ)==0) return c.substring(nameEQ.length,c.length);     }     return null; }  \/\/ Function to determine or retrieve the split test group function assignSplitTestGroup() {     var group=getVideoCookie('splitTestGroup');     if (group===null) {         var rand=Math.random();         if (rand <1\/3) {             group='A';         } else if (rand <2\/3) {             group='B';         } else {             group='C';         }         setVideoCookie('splitTestGroup', group, 1); \/\/ Sets a cookie for 1 day     }     return group; }  \/\/ aditude function aditudePlayer() {     playerBottom=5;     if (window.innerWidth <=768) {         playerBottom=100;     }     console.log(\"Loading Aditude video player\");     window.tude=window.tude || { cmd: [] };     window.tude.cmd.push(function() {         tude.requestOutstreamAd({             divId: \"videoPlayer\",             baseDivId: \"pb-slot-outstream\",             playerOptions: {                 dock: true,                 dockedPosition: \"bottom-right\",                 dockedOffset: {                     bottom: playerBottom,                     right: 5,                 },             }         });     }); }  \/\/ anyclip function anyclipPlayer() {     document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() {         function loadAnyclip() {             const container=document.getElementById(\"videoPlayer\");             if (!container) return;              const script=document.createElement(\"script\");             script.src=\"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\";             script.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\");             script.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");              \/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot             container.appendChild(script);         }         function findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) {             const targetElement=document.querySelector(selector);             if (!targetElement) {                 console.warn(\"Target element not found.\");                 return null;             }              \/\/ Get all \n\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document             let paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));              \/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element             let targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);              if (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) {                 console.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\");                 return null;             }              return paragraphs[targetIndex - x];         }          \/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver         function observeElement(element) {             if (!element) return;              const observer=new IntersectionObserver(                 (entries)=> {                     entries.forEach(entry=> {                         if (entry.isIntersecting) {                             console.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim());                             loadAnyclip();                             observer.disconnect();                         }                     });                 },                 { threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed             );              observer.observe(element);         }          \/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #videoPlayer and observe it         let paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#videoPlayer\", 2);         observeElement(paragraphToObserve);     }); }  \/\/ stn function stnPlayer() {     \/\/ may want to pass in         document.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() {         function loadScript(src) {             const script=document.createElement(\"script\");             script.src=src;             script.async=true;             document.body.appendChild(script);         }         function findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) {             const targetElement=document.querySelector(selector);             if (!targetElement) {                 console.warn(\"Target element not found.\");                 return null;             }              \/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document             let paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));              \/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element             let targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);              if (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) {                 console.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\");                 return null;             }              return paragraphs[targetIndex - x];         }          \/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver         function observeElement(element) {             if (!element) return;              const observer=new IntersectionObserver(                 (entries)=> {                     entries.forEach(entry=> {                         if (entry.isIntersecting) {                             console.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim());                             loadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\");                             observer.disconnect();                         }                     });                 },                 { threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed             );              observer.observe(element);         }          \/\/ Add custom styles for STN player         const style=document.createElement('style');         style.textContent=`         #videoPlayer {             min-height: 460px;             margin-bottom: 10px;         }         @media only screen and (max-width: 780px) {             #videoPlayer {                 min-height: 200px;             }         }         `;         document.head.appendChild(style);          \/\/ Add needed div for STN player         const stnDiv=document.createElement(\"div\");         \/\/ add data-stn-player attribute         stnDiv.setAttribute(\"data-stn-player\", \"s28Az7AY\");         document.getElementById(\"videoPlayer\").appendChild(stnDiv);           \/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #videoPlayer and observe it         let paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#videoPlayer\", 2);         observeElement(paragraphToObserve);     }); }  \/\/ Assign user to a group window.adUserGroup=assignSplitTestGroup(); let isSubbed=getCookie( 'ff_subbed' );  \/\/ Example usage if (isSubbed) {     console.log('User is subscribed, not running a player'); } else if (window.adUserGroup==='A') {     console.log('Running Aditude player for group A');     aditudePlayer(); } else if (window.adUserGroup==='B') {     console.log('Running Anyclip player for group B');     anyclipPlayer(); } else {     console.log('Running STN player for group C');     stnPlayer(); } <\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Parents should be appalled that someone celebrating death is allowed around children. Nicole Solas was, and she put in a request for the teacher&rsquo;s curriculum spanning 15 years.<\/p>\n<p>She also posted to social media platform X, calling out Fillo and reposting his TikTok.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Can Barrington, Rhode Island <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bps_ri?\">@bps_ri<\/a> teacher &amp; NEA Barrington President Benjamin Fillo confirm\/deny he made this video saying Charlie Kirk<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;thought he proved how tough he was with his words&hellip;What a piece of garbage. Look what happens&hellip;Bye, Charlie!&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s inhumane. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KD473ndMMY\">pic.twitter.com\/KD473ndMMY<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Nicoletta0602\/status\/1966247694844014791?\">September 11, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The district claimed obtaining the curriculum would cost $116,000.<\/p>\n<p>On Oct. 24, the school district tried to justify this outrageous figure.<\/p>\n<p>Per Just the News, the school said it would take over 70 hours to &ldquo;retrieve, review, redact and compile&rdquo; his s dating to 2016. It would also take over 7,000 hours to look at the 157 courses he&rsquo;s taught &ldquo;stored on three (3) different <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/embracing-old-school-education-is-the-key-to-acing-this-school-year\/\" title=\"Embrace traditional education for a successful ... year.\">learning management systems<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The &ldquo;resources per class&rdquo; to sift through would number 270 with a rate for the work at $15 per hour.<\/p>\n<p>The district said if Solas would shorten the request to five years, that number would go down dramatically to just $5,500.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s understandable why Solas wants to go back further.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/three-students-stand-charlie-kirk-call-firing-teacher-celebrated-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kirk<\/a> and President Donald Trump&rsquo;s time in the spotlight &mdash; which has truly spawned a shift in the left&rsquo;s rhetoric and behavior &mdash; dates to 2016 or earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Solas rightly wants to see if Fillo&rsquo;s unhinged comments have been spilling into the classroom for years, forcing children to be subjected to his lunacy.<\/p>\n<p>Solas&rsquo; lawyer, James McGlone, said the estimates were &ldquo;prohibitive and facially unreasonable.&rdquo; They were &ldquo;inflated by a series of unrealistic assumptions&rdquo; about Fillo keeping &ldquo;entirely unique class materials for each separate, simultaneous section of the same course.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>It is clear the district is protecting their own against a concerned parent.<\/p>\n<p>This is yet another &ldquo;homeschool your kids&rdquo; moment in the aftermath of Kirk&rsquo;s death.<\/p>\n<p>Political commentator Libs of TikTok has created an archive of these occurrences, as a quick look at X will show numerous other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/conservative-pac-keeping-track-educators-cheered-charlie-kirks-murder\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">teachers<\/a> acting just like Fillo.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">AnneMarie Donahue, a teacher at Wachusett Regional High School (<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WachusettReg?\">@WachusettReg<\/a>) in MA, posted on her IG saying &ldquo;We&rsquo;re NOT offering sympathy&rdquo; moments after Charlie Kirk was shot.<\/p>\n<p>Evil.<\/p>\n<p>Any comment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WachusettReg?\">@wachusettreg<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/J6OnmPurHu\">pic.twitter.com\/J6OnmPurHu<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1965886011470393698?\">September 10, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Brittany Reid, a teacher at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AACountySchools?\">@AACountySchools<\/a> in MA, made multiple posts CELEBRATING Charlie Kirk&rsquo;s ass*ssination.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m celebrating. May he rot in hell.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>THIS is who is teaching your children.<\/p>\n<p>Any comment <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AACountySchools?\">@AACountySchools<\/a>? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/r6gZNFw1qj\">pic.twitter.com\/r6gZNFw1qj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1966544267871981602?\">September 12, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If our school districts really care about students&rsquo; wellbeing, they&rsquo;ll come down on the side of the parents and not hotheads like Fillo.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* Name<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> \t\t\t\t\t\t<label>* <\/label> \t\t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<label>* Message<\/label> \t\t\t\t\t<br \/> \t\t\t\t\t<textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> \t\t\t\t\t<input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\"> \t\t\t\t\t \t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> \t\t<script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! ( opts[inputs[i]]=document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"' + inputs[i] + '\"]' ).value ) ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .required-message' ).style.display='block'; \t\t\t\t\t\treturn; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction input[type=\"submit\"]' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).src=firefly_loading_gif_url; \t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='inline-block';  \t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( 'ma subbing' );  \t\t\t\t\tif( firefly_post_id ) opts['post_id']=firefly_post_id;  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Send the data using post with element id name and name2*\/ \t\t\t\t\tvar posting=jQuery.post( firefly_ajax_url, opts );  \t\t\t\t\t\/* Alerts the results *\/ \t\t\t\t\tposting.done( function( response ) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif( response.success ) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log( response.data ); \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-submitting-img' ).style.display='none'; \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction .firefly-sc-confirm' ).style.display='block';  \t\t\t\t\t\t\tdataLayer.push( { 'event': 'submit-correction' } ); \t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> \t     \t\t\t\t\t\t     \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p style=\"border: 1px solid #f5f5f5; padding: 16px;\">Advertise with The Western Journal and reach millions of highly engaged readers, while supporting our work. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/advertise-us\/?wj_source=article\">Advertise Today<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><script>console.log(\"ad slot (BA1)\")<\/script> \t\t<\/p>\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\"> \t\t\t \t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhode Island&#8217;s Barrington Public Schools is struggling to defend a troubled social studies teacher who celebrated the death of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk. The district faced Public Records Act requests after the teacher, Benjamin Fillo, posted a TikTok on September 10 in which he mocked Kirk and made inflammatory remarks<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2510845,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-14T220636.352.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[44291,50410,4040,5152,3924],"class_list":["post-2510844","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-charlie-kirk","tag-controversy-2","tag-curriculum","tag-education","tag-school"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Ben-Working-Feature-Image-2025-11-14T220636.352.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510844","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2510844"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510844\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2510848,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2510844\/revisions\/2510848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2510845"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2510844"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2510844"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2510844"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}