Overview

• State Superintendent Ryan Walters said his office has identified 70 teachers across 44 districts and 12 districts for review related to anti‑Kirk posts and nonparticipation.
• Walter’s memo says more than 200 reports alleged defamatory comments by educators, refusal to hold the noon observance, or failure to lower flags as ordered by the governor.
• Multiple districts, including Oklahoma City, Norman, Edmond, Mustang, Deer Creek, Tulsa, Jenks, Bixby, Owasso and Broken Arrow, kept only the state‑required daily silence and cited logistical concerns.
• Walters warned that any teacher posting defamatory comments about Kirk “will not be teaching in the state,” framing the issue as opposing political indoctrination.
• A parent in Ardmore said he kept his son home over constitutional concerns with the directive, as Utah prosecutors pursue an aggravated‑murder case against the accused shooter and seek the death penalty.