Texas Teacher Resigns After Horrific Charlie Kirk Posts

A Texas public school teacher resigned amid an ongoing termination process after making inflammatory social media remarks in the wake of the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, according to officials with the Goose Creek Consolidated Independent School District.

District leaders confirmed that English language arts teacher Jennifer Courtemanche formally resigned on Nov. 24, while a multi-month termination proceeding initiated by the school board was still underway.

Courtemanche’s comments exploded into the public eye after Texas State Rep. Briscoe Cain shared screenshots of her social media posts that appeared to question the circumstances surrounding Kirk’s death and suggest he bore responsibility for it, The Houston Chronicle reported.

“Could this have been the consequences of his actions catching up with him?” Courtemanche wrote in one post.

“I’ll bet if the victim had been Black or brown or a Democrat influencer, he’d have been singing a different tune,” she wrote in another. “Could Kirk have baited just one too many people?”

At the time, Courtemanche publicly listed Baytown’s Lee High School as her employer on her Facebook page, which has since been restricted. In her social media biography, she described herself as a “child of God” and a “work in progress.”

Despite retaining legal counsel, Courtemanche initially told district officials she had no intention of resigning voluntarily.

Under the Goose Creek CISD Employee Handbook, staff members may face disciplinary action—including termination—if electronic communications violate state or federal law or interfere with their ability to carry out professional duties.

Although public pressure mounted for her removal, including direct calls from Cain, district officials emphasized that Texas law requires a detailed, multi-step process before a teacher’s contract can be terminated.

That process formally began when the Goose Creek CISD Board of Trustees voted during a Sept. 22 meeting to propose Courtemanche’s termination.

State law allows teachers to request a hearing before an independent examiner appointed by the Texas Education Agency. The examiner is given 60 days to conduct an evidentiary hearing and issue a recommendation, after which the school board determines whether sufficient cause exists to cancel the contract.

District officials said the hearing process would have continued had Courtemanche not resigned.

The district also evaluated social media remarks made by another teacher related to Kirk’s death but concluded those comments did not meet the threshold for termination.

In the broader aftermath of Kirk’s killing, the Texas Education Agency revealed it had received more than 350 complaints concerning teachers’ social media activity tied to the incident.

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath issued a warning to school leaders, underscoring that free speech protections do not extend to glorifying violence.

“While the exercise of free speech is a fundamental right we are all blessed to share, it does not give carte blanche authority to celebrate or sow violence against those that share differing beliefs and perspectives,” Morath wrote in a letter to superintendents.

Meanwhile, Erika Kirk, the late activist’s widow, delivered an emotional rebuke this week aimed at those she says have exploited her husband’s death and attacked their family.

Appearing on Fox News’ “Outnumbered,” Kirk spoke about Charlie Kirk’s legacy, his founding of Turning Point USA, and what she described as relentless and malicious smears directed at TPUSA members following his death in September.

“Here’s my breaking point. Come after me, call me names, I don’t care. Call me what you want, go down that rabbit hole, whatever. But when you go after my family, my Turning Point USA family, my Charlie Kirk Show family, when you go after the people that I love and you’re making hundreds and thousands of dollars every single episode going after the people that I love because somehow they’re in on this, no!” Kirk charged.

“Can my children have one thing? Everything was public. Can my babies have one thing where we hold it sacred, where my husband is laid to rest, where I don’t have to be worried about some secular revolutionary coming and destroying my husband’s grave while my daughter is sitting there praying?” she shot back.