A Florida administrative law judge has recommended dismissing the state's teaching-certificate misconduct case against Kelly Brock-Sanchez, a former Ridgeview Elementary School educator in Orange Park, over Facebook posts about Charlie Kirk's death.

In an Oct. 21 recommended order, Judge Suzanne Van Wyk found the Department of Education had failed to prove the allegations in its complaint, Florida Phoenix reported. The complaint depended on the claim that Brock-Sanchez posted on a public social media account, while the evidence showed her posts were private.

Recommendation concerns her certificate

The recommended order is not a final dismissal. The Department of Education's explanation of the disciplinary process says the Education Practices Commission reviews an administrative judge's recommended order and issues the final order. Certificate discipline is separate from an employer's decision to fire an educator.

According to the Phoenix, Clay County Superintendent David S. Broskie recommended terminating Brock-Sanchez's contract in September 2025, and her termination took effect Oct. 2, 2025. The recommendation on her certificate does not itself restore her school job.

Private posts drew a public backlash

News4JAX, carrying a News Service of Florida report, said Brock-Sanchez's Facebook profile did not identify her school. Her roughly 300 Facebook friends included no students or parents of students and only one fellow teacher, whom she knew through union work.

Someone shared her Sept. 10, 2025, post beyond that audience. According to the report's account of the recommended order, Ridgeview received more than 800 emails, about 300 Facebook posts and numerous calls and voicemails. Some messages were threatening, and some teachers left school early.

The judge's conclusion concerned the state's failure to establish the public-account allegation on which its complaint depended. It was not a general determination that educators' private posts can never lead to discipline.

The Phoenix also reported that Brock-Sanchez filed a separate federal lawsuit alleging violations of her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights. That lawsuit is distinct from the teaching-certificate proceeding.