Government schools have declared war on conservative and Christian students.
Sixth graders at Marshall Elementary School in Eureka, Kansas just learned whose voices don't count.
And the excuse school officials used to justify the censorship should terrify every parent in America.
Guidance Counselor Erased Charlie Kirk's Name From Board
The October 28 assignment asked students to identify their role models publicly.
One sixth grader called out Charlie Kirk's name.
Guidance counselor Kacey Countryman "got very uncomfortable and refused to allow this name to be written on the board, yelling that he was 'not a hero,'" according to the American Center for Law & Justice's federal complaint.
She ordered the student teacher — who'd already started writing Kirk's name — to erase it immediately.
When another student named President Trump, Countryman became even more hostile.
She declared students couldn't write political or religious figures on the board at all.
A third student chose Jesus Christ.
The guidance counselor banned Jesus too.
But Countryman allowed other "controversial figures" to stay on the board.
Only conservative political figures and religious role models got censored.
These sixth graders learned exactly what leftists mean by "Find Your Voice" — find the voice we approve, or shut up.
Principal Made Statement That Should Have Every Parent Pulling Kids From Public Schools
Parents discovered what happened only because their children defied the school's instructions.
After the censorship incident, Principal Stacy Coulter addressed the sixth-grade class with a message straight out of every authoritarian regime's playbook.
She told students to bring future concerns to school officials — "not their parents," according to multiple consistent student reports.
Then Coulter said something that crosses a line no American school should ever cross.
The principal told these children "the school should also be considered their family."
A government employee told sixth graders the state is their family now.
Not their actual parents who feed them, clothe them, love them, and sacrifice for them every single day.
The school that just censored their beliefs and tried to hide it from Mom and Dad.
That's who these kids should consider family.
This is what happens when educators stop seeing themselves as public servants and start seeing themselves as saviors rescuing children from their backward parents.
Republican Congressman Ron Estes called it "alarming" and a clear violation of constitutional rights.
When parents confronted Countryman and Coulter, administrators defended it.
School officials claimed they banned those names to protect students from having classmates "fire back" at them.
Think about that logic for a second.
Students can't name Trump or Jesus because other students might disagree.
So the school's solution is to silence the conservative Christian kids before anyone else gets a chance to.
The teacher issued a prepared apology while crying — but never acknowledged the viewpoint discrimination.
The principal claimed her "school is your family" comments were "taken out of context."
Multiple students heard the same thing, but sure, they all misunderstood.
Parents brought concerns to a school board meeting.
Zero corrective action.
Zero accountability.
One mother withdrew all three of her children from Marshall Elementary rather than continue subjecting them to this treatment.
School's Justification Exposes What They Really Think About Conservative Students
The ACLJ filed a federal discrimination complaint with both the Department of Justice and the Department of Education.
Here's what the school district claimed justified the ban: allowing discussion of Charlie Kirk or President Trump would create an "unsafe" environment.
School administrators decided conservative and Christian voices threaten student safety.
A sixth grader saying they admire the President creates danger.
Another child choosing Jesus Christ puts classmates at risk.
The ACLJ called out what's really happening.
This is an "unconstitutional heckler's veto" — silencing speech because others might disagree with it.
Teaching students to engage respectfully with opposing viewpoints used to be a core function of public education.
Now schools ban the viewpoints first, then lecture kids about tolerance.
The Supreme Court established this principle decades ago: students don't "shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression at the schoolhouse gate."
Marshall Elementary created a forum called "Find Your Voice" specifically for student expression, then excluded conservative viewpoints while permitting others.
That's textbook viewpoint discrimination.
And parents have Fourteenth Amendment rights to direct their children's upbringing — rights the school violated by instructing students not to inform parents.
Socialist Democrats in government schools are using this playbook nationwide.
First, they create the illusion of openness with assignments about diversity and inclusion.
Then they punish students for choosing role models who represent traditional American values.
The lesson these sixth graders learned has nothing to do with finding their voice.
Christians don't belong in modern public education.
Supporting the President makes you dangerous.
Admiring Charlie Kirk's work mobilizing young conservatives gets you erased from the board.
Schools have more authority over children than their own parents.
That's not education — it's indoctrination dressed up with a friendly slogan.
Sources:
- American Center for Law & Justice, "Kansas School Tells Students Charlie Kirk and President Trump Are 'Not a Hero' and Orders Students NOT To Tell Their Parents," ACLJ.org, January 14, 2026.
- KWCH, "Complaint says Eureka school crossed constitutional line in 'role model' denial of President Trump, Charlie Kirk," KWCH.com, January 14, 2026.
- Gray News, "Students were told they could not name Charlie Kirk or Trump as role models for an assignment, complaint says," WWNYTV.com, January 15, 2026.
- The Blaze, "Jesus, Trump, Charlie Kirk reportedly named role models by elementary students — but school staffer allegedly squashes picks," TheBlaze.com, January 16, 2026.
- Union-Bulletin, "Kansas sixth graders told they can't list Trump, Charlie Kirk as heroes, complaint says," Union-Bulletin.com, January 16, 2026.
