By Emma Loura

The school board spent 40 minutes Wednesday on the subject of board member Katie Allen.

Allen drew criticism recently after commenting “well deserved” in response to a post about the death of political influencer Charlie Kirk. During the previous school board meeting, she said she would step down as board vice president but wouldn’t leave the board.

Allen is also has filed a federal lawsuit against her former employer, the Kansas Department of Education, which she says forced her to resign, for violating her First Amendment rights.

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By Emma Loura and Megan Moser

The USD 383 Manhattan-Ogden school board voted to ask member Katie Allen’s to resign Wednesday night following a social media post she made about the death of conservative political influencer Charlie Kirk.

Allen said she would not resign but would step down as board vice president.

The other six board members admonished Allen for her actions and passed a resolution requesting that she submit her resignation, which passed 5-1. Board member Jayme Morris-Hardeman voted no.

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USD 383 board member Katie Allen on Thursday apologized after replying to a post about the Charlie Kirk death “Well deserved.”

Allen was replying to a repost on Facebook by Courtney Jane Hochman, a school board candidate. The original post, from People magazine, reported the death of the influential right-wing speaker and author Kirk, who was killed Wednesday during an event at a Utah college. The post included a quote from Kirk, who once said, “I think it’s worth to have a cost of, unfortunately, some gun deaths every single year so that we can have the second amendment to protect our other God-given rights.”

Allen, who works for the Kansas Department of Education, was elected to the Manhattan-Ogden school board in 2023.

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