Nebraska teacher placed on leave after post comparing anti-maskers to KKK

Published August 25, 2021 3:17pm ET



Nebraska school officials placed a teacher on administrative leave following her Facebook post comparing anti-maskers to the Ku Klux Klan, further exposing the rift between those parents advocating for personal choice and school administrators who want students to mask up.

The Elkhorn Public School District announced on Tuesday that an unnamed teacher at the school was placed on administrative leave for an unspecified amount of time after the teacher shared a meme on Facebook that joked about KKK members being able to breathe through their hoods but not through face masks, WOWT reported.

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