Benjamin Fillo, a social studies teacher at Barrington High School in Rhode Island, was originally put on leave after posting comments about Charlie Kirk online, calling him a “piece of garbage,” will be returning to the classroom at the beginning of December.
Even though the teacher violated the school district’s policy on social media, his job was being restored according to the interim Superintendent Bob Mitchell.
A Rhode Island high school will reinstate a teacher who was put on administrative leave after he called assassinated Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk a “piece of garbage.”
In an email sent Friday and obtained by Fox News Digital, interim Superintendent Bob Mitchell of Barrington Public Schools said social studies teacher Benjamin Fillo would return to teach despite violating the district’s social media policy.
“The high school teacher at the center of the recent district independent investigation will be returning to the classroom on December 1,” the email from Mitchell read. “The investigator’s now public report confirms that the teacher violated district social media policy, resulting in substantial disruption to our district.
“Shortly after Kirk’s assassination on Sept. 10 while speaking at Utah Valley University during his American Comeback Tour, Fillo posted a video claiming Kirk ‘hated the LGBTQ community’ and ‘hated women’s rights.’” Fox News reported.
Superintendent Bob Mitchell claimed that the school was going to take measures to increase security and was working with the local police and the FBI as part of reinstating the teacher.
The Superintendent also said that students will be able to talk to school counselors and staff regarding the situation.
The smarter solution would have simply been to not bring back the unhinged teacher considering the potential disruption for students in the learning process.
The school district caved and acted out of fear of reprisal from teacher unions and other powerful interest groups.
“The Barrington School Committee said in a statement that it was concerned about backlash from teachers unions, adding, ‘National organizations, including large labor and advocacy groups, have made this case a national flashpoint. The National Education Association has indicated its intent to pursue aggressive litigation against the District — and against individual administrators and School Committee members personally — if the district took actions they deemed not satisfactory.’” Fox News reported.
TGP had originally reported on this story in September, closer to when the events took place.
Students had gone to the school board meeting to petition the board to fire the teacher for the horrible comments he had made against Charlie Kirk.
Watch:
Holy Smokes. These brave young students from Barrington High School in Rhode Island are going viral demanding the firing of a teacher, Benjamin Fillo.
Fillo was put on administrative leave following calling Charlie Kirk “a piece of garbage” on TikTok. pic.twitter.com/tM9sbmZ5kP
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) September 16, 2025
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