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To honor Charlie Kirk, Turning Point USA provided an online coupon code for free educational materials from Turning Point Education, part of the 501(c)(3) non-profit organization founded by Kirk in 2012.

The organization’s mission, per the website, is to "identify, educate, train, and organize students to promote the principles of fiscal responsibility, free markets, and limited government."

A Board of Education member from Middletown Public Schools in Connecticut named Adam Hayn decided to share the Turning Point offer with a Facebook group called Parents of Middletown CT Students.

That's when all hell broke loose... because Hayn's social media profile reflected his position as a Board of Education Member.

Hayn wrote, "Some fantastic educational resources from Turning Point USA. Free in honor of Charlie. Use code 'education'," and included a link to ShopTurningPointEd.com.

Hayn's post triggered the filing of a formal ethics complaint with the Superintendent of Middletown Public Schools, the Chair of the Middletown Board of Education, and the Ethics Department in the Town of Middletown, along with the Connecticut State Office of Ethics and and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.

The Complainant, Jessica Hutchins, requested that the Board of Ethics quickly review her claim and consider taking "appropriate corrective steps" to address Hayn's post.

The complaint alleged that Hayn's "recent public actions" of "promoting partisan materials from Turning Point USA under his official title of 'Board of Education member,' appear to violate both the Middletown Code of Ethics and the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education (CABE) Code of Ethics."

Hutchins alleged this was not the first time that Hayn had "used his position to circulate political content, and a clear pattern has emerged."

She said that by using his official title to promote Turning Point educational materials that Hayn had misled the community and undermined trust in the school board.

She asked for a formal determination as to whether Hayn violated the City's Code of Ethics.

The Centinal contacted Hayn about the complaint.

"On Tuesday 9/16, I shared information about free resources available from Turning Point to a parent group on Facebook. This was done purposely so parents could decide if they wanted their children to look at them," Hayn wrote. "In no way was this endorsed by Middletown Public Schools."

"As a board, we have had no discussion on the lessons, nor did I plan on bringing them up at any future meeting. They were lessons on economics, the US Constitution, and the election process in this country, Hayn continued. "Never did I ever imagine anything to come of this, as this is not the first time I’ve shared educational resources. I apologize to anyone upset by my actions.”

The Centinal also contacted the Board of Education, Superintendent and Town Hall in Middletown, as well as CABE, the Connecticut Association of Boards of Education.

The Middletown Board of Education and Middletown Public Schools issued the following statement:

“The Middletown Board of Education and Middletown Public Schools have received several complaints regarding the content of a recent social media post from a Board member. The views expressed in this post do not reflect those of the Board of Education, or that of Middletown Public Schools.”

The Town indicated that the person responsible for addressing ethics complaints was out of the office until next week, and would respond upon her return.

Jody Goeler from CABE said, "The CABE policy department provides member boards of education with model policies and bylaws for their consideration. We expect boards to utilize our model policies to support their deliberations and adopt policies that best address the local district's needs and interests."

The complaint about Hayn was immediately circulated with left-wing activist groups online, including Indivisible, a group whose members have been protesting Trump for months on end, likening him to Hitler and sharing pictures of protest signs that say "86-47" -- a casual wish someone would just "off" Trump.

Now, Indivisible Connecticut is calling on members to help take action to hold BOE Member Hayn "accountable" for "pushing partisan propaganda while acting in his official capacity" and hope to force him to resign from the BOE.

The Connecticut Centinal cruised the Middletown Public Schools' website to try to determine what sort of materials are allowed to be distributed to the community.

The district clearly lists resources from outside organizations, though adds a disclaimer saying, "the presence of these links does not imply Middletown Public Schools (MPS) endorses or supports these outside organizations' missions, visions, or core values."

Nonetheless, the District links to the following resources for "challenging conversations":

• Anti-Defamation League: The district links to ADL's collection of books on identity, diversity, bias and social justice; ADL has been openly hostile to conservatives and lists Turning Point USA in the Glossary of Extremism and Hate for being "racist" and "bigoted" according to ADL;
• Child Mind Institute: This group tells you that gender affirmation at school matters and "hormone therapy and surgery are options that many patients desire" and more.
• National Association of School Psychologists: The NASP wants gender-confused males to be able to use bathrooms and personal spaces with girls, play girls sports and otherwise erase the rights of real girls.
• Southern Poverty Law Center's Learning For Justice: This is another radical leftist organization promoting gender ideology and normalizing transgenderism.
• PFLAG: A radical social justice organization focused on LGBTQ+ inclusion.
• Boston Children's: The district chose to share an article on racial slurs from one of the more notorious gender-bending children's hospitals in the country.
• Today.com: The district promotes the left-wing narrative on racism and anti-racism, which calls for future racism to atone for past racism.
• Social Creatures: Yet another site promoting transgenderism.
• PBS Kids: More of the left-wing narrative on race for kids, featuring the promotion of the Marxist Black Lives Matters movement, Ibram Kendi's "anti-racism" (which is more or less embracing future racism to atone for past racism), white privilege, microaggressions, and more.
• The Trevor Project: An LGBTQ resource that features access to a hotline (phone and online) and a sexually-explicit chatroom that allows at-risk LGBTQ youth an opportunity to connect with other people...who could easily be predators since it's simple for bad actors to fake their age and join the chat.

It is unclear whether Ms. Hutchins is equally dismayed about Middletown's inclusion of partisan materials on the district's website for challenging conversations.

Of course, the Centinal recommended that Middletown consider including the Turning Point Education materials to that site about "challenging conversations" to provide balance to the current set of resources that are clearly biased toward left wing sources, but the district declined to comment on the suggestion.

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