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Teacher Dismissed
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The Lincoln area school board unanimously dismissed social studies teacher Derek Brewer for his comments about the shooting of Charlie Kirk. Brewer’s remarks, made to students a day after Kirk’s death, were deemed a violation of district policy for using the classroom as a personal forum.

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