Sioux Falls School District employee fired after comments about assassination attempt on Donald Trump

The Sioux Falls School District has fired a Ben Reifel Middle School behavior facilitator, after she made comments on social media regarding the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally Saturday in Pennsylvania.

Cassandra Oleson, on her personal Facebook page under the name Cassie Martin, which is now inactive, had posted “Shoot -- If only he would’ve had his scope sighted in correctly,” shortly after the assassination attempt by the person FBI identified as Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania.

A bullet grazed Trump’s upper right ear , leaving him bloodied but not seriously injured. One rally attendee was killed in the gunfire and two others were "critically injured," authorities later said.

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The Sioux Falls School District said in a statement provided by district multimedia specialist Tory Stolen that its Code of Conduct policy “clearly outlines the high standards to which we hold all staff members, given the public trust in our responsibility to educate the children of our community and serve as positive role models,” the statement read.

The Code of Conduct policy states that district employees conduct “should be such as to protect the person’s integrity and/or reputation and that of the district.”

“The staff member's statement does not align with the school district's values and was not condoned in any way,” the district’s statement continued. “We remain committed to fostering a safe, respectful learning environment for all students and staff and upholding the values of our community.”

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Oleson is no longer listed on the district’s staff directory or the Ben Reifel Middle School staff directory . She was listed in June 10 school board minutes as making $23.63 for the 2024-2025 school year, and her official termination will likely be in a future personnel report listing at a future school board meeting.

Since Oleson isn’t a teacher, she isn’t on the South Dakota Department of Education’s Educator Search tool for teaching certificates, and therefore has no certificate to be revoked in a disciplinary action such as this.

Multiple people online, and at least one person by email, called on Oleson to resign or be terminated by the district or by Superintendent Jane Stavem.

Oleson didn't respond to interview requests by phone or over LinkedIn from the Argus Leader.

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