Illinois district where faculty celebrated Charlie Kirk's death exposed over racial 'segregation' plan

FIRST ON FOX: An Illinois schoolhouse territory filled with module who celebrated and hoped for the decease of Charlie Kirk was exposed for their 2026 equity model program the territory "aspires to" that includes hiring and retaining unit with "diverse backgrounds" and mandated DEI grooming sessions for module and students. 

Defending Education uncovered Oswego District 308’s equity roadmap done respective Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) requests, which brought to airy an yearly study summary connected DEI arsenic good arsenic the district’s DEI program for 2026.

One FOIA petition detailing an equity study showed that a mediate schoolhouse successful the territory divided students by radical background, without notifying parents, arsenic portion of equity grooming sessions for unit successful 2025.

The equity manager wrote aft the session, which was held during "Student Support Time," that she identified the "challenges with being discriminated against based connected color" and that her adjacent league would beryllium with "those who place arsenic White."

An Illinois schoolhouse territory is nether scrutiny aft FOIA requests revealed a 2026 equity model promoting DEI hiring, mandatory grooming and race-based pupil sessions held without parental notification. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Erika Sanzi, elder manager of communications astatine Defending Education, told Fox News Digital that the district's determination to disagreement students into races could beryllium considered "segregation."

"Calling it a radical affinity radical is conscionable a nicer mode of saying radical segregation—these equity assemblies that disagreement up students by their tegument colour are without justification, not to notation illegal," Sanzi explained. "Regardless of the intention, the ideology down race-based programs and activities successful schools is destructive and needs to beryllium rooted out."

The equity study besides showed that precocious schoolhouse departments held "specific content/equity" trainings, wherever students could prosecute successful opportunities similar a luncheon and larn astir "LGBTQ+, Migroaggressions, Ramadan." 

Following the assassination of Charlie Kirk, a study from the Kendall County Times revealed that Jadon A. Waller, the district's superintendent of equity and engagement of grades K-8, posted to Facebook referring to Kirk arsenic a "modern time Klans man."

"I’m seeing a batch of Black folks connected present interjecting themselves into the decease of a modern time Klans man… and I person to accidental I’m confused and disappointed. Who are you trying to marque comfortable? Cause it’s making maine uncomfortable."

Waller posted nether the sanction connected Facebook, going by Ashley Jadon, according to the report. 

Newly uncovered records amusement an Illinois territory implementing race-focused equity trainings, diverseness hiring priorities and DEI conferences, portion a elder head drew outrage for societal media posts astir Charlie Kirk. (Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Per the schoolhouse district’s website, Waller is inactive employed astatine Oswego District 308.

Waller did not respond to Fox News Digital’s petition for comment.

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As for the 2026 outlook, the study showed plans for DEI grooming successful simple and mediate schools and a DEI Design Team to "analyze and code inequities wrong pupil world achievement" and pupil discipline. 

In an "indicators of success" rubric wherever results volition beryllium reflected successful the pursuing year’s report, the territory calls for simple and inferior precocious school’s teacher leaders and administrators to "facilitate astatine slightest 2 of their ain DEI trainings by the extremity of the year."

The Illinois schoolhouse territory besides plans to "partner with surrounding districts and Waubonsee Community College to big our 1st DEI Conference called ASCEND!"

One equity connection says the territory "will admit the beingness of racism successful our schools and community," and "we volition code injustices that pb to radical inequities and enactment to amended and alteration behaviors" to beforehand inclusivity.

In summation to pushing DEI successful the classroom, the recruitment and retention information of the program pushes the territory to "prioritize" divers hires.

Oswego District 308 faces backlash aft reports that unit celebrated Charlie Kirk’s decease and documents exposed equity initiatives, including radical affinity groups and expanded DEI programming. (Getty Images/iStock)

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"We volition prioritize the recruitment, retention, and advancement of administrators and unit with divers backgrounds to guarantee our squad of educators reflects our pupil body," the model reads.

A occupation posting for a precocious schoolhouse main successful the schoolhouse territory obtained by Defending Education says "the close candidate" should beryllium "prioritizing equity and rightful presence… crossed the district."

Oswego District 308’s committedness to DEI doesn’t halt there. The territory projected a $75,000 assistance to the Board of Education to found a concern with an enactment for a residency programme that "recruits and retains caller teachers who bespeak the racial, cultural, and linguistic diverseness of the communities we serve."

From October 2023 to March 2024, during a erstwhile concern betwixt the territory and a abstracted organization, the schoolhouse territory spent payer dollars connected DEI supplies, including pridefulness parade stickers and a pridefulness parade interest to participate.

The schoolhouse territory spent funds to enactment successful a pridefulness parade on with stickers and materials. (Joshua Stanyer/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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The erstwhile concern held grooming sessions for territory unit and students wherever participants were asked to work "How Privileged Am I" and fertile themselves connected however privileged they are. 

"Generate a privilege database related to P-12 settings for the pupil and big pedagogue radical assigned to your squad by listing ways students and adults whitethorn acquisition systems of advantages oregon rights that are disposable to them solely based connected their societal identities," the grooming instructions read.

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While these grooming sessions were held successful the Illinois schoolhouse district, the enactment carries retired akin exercises done partnerships with authorities and section acquisition agencies crossed the country. 

Oswego District 308 did not respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment.

Preston Mizell is simply a writer with Fox News. Story tips tin beryllium sent to [email protected] and connected X @MizellPreston