NORMAN, Okla. ( KFOR ) – A post from 2019 on an Edmond teacher’s Instagram is causing the Oklahoma State Department of Education to decertify his teaching certificate.
In comparison — Ringling Coach, Phillip Koons, had his teaching certificate for almost two years before it expired. The board at an August meeting decided to begin the suspension process of his certificate.
Oklahoma Watch was the first to report that Edmond North High School’s, Regan Killackey, could soon lose his license after he posted online in 2019. The post was of his family at a costume store, with one of his kids wearing a Donald Trump mask and another holding a plastic toy sword near ‘Trump.’ Killackey was grimacing.
This was enough to be used in an OSDE application to revoke his license.
“Well number one, I was shocked,” said Regan Killackey to News 4 when asked for a reaction. “And number two, I thought it was some sort of mistake or some prank or something like that. Um, I didn’t because my entire career has been in the state of Oklahoma and I’ve been teaching for 21 years. I have been fortunate and blessed to have this career.”