Md. school district fires employee after sassy tweet

@FCPSMaryland close school tammarow PLEASE

— Nathan (@linganoreRocket) January 5, 2017

Courtesy The Frederick News-Post

Wish success for FCPS, students deserve the best. Don't regret a tweet. #katiefromFCPS says do ur homewurk - no one takes away ur education

— Katie Nash (@katienash) January 13, 2017

. @ericcoxx_ still a mom ... just more time on my hands to yell at y'all

— Katie Nash (@katienash) January 14, 2017

@lulzackk @lulzackk Your message is completely devalued when you come at us like that. https://t.co/EotrjpZWs0

— Fairfax Schools (@fcpsnews) January 9, 2017

@DertyDayn #boybye #blocked

— Fairfax Schools (@fcpsnews) January 10, 2017

@LilThrashHer pic.twitter.com/3h6vZLepUw

— Fairfax Schools (@fcpsnews) January 9, 2017

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WASHINGTON — Frederick County Public Schools has fired an employee over her reply to a student’s Jan. 5 tweet to “close school tammarrow PLEASE.”

Katie Nash told the The Frederick News-Post, that she was terminated from her $44,000-a-year job as web experience coordinator after replying, “But then how would you learn how to spell ‘tomorrow?’ :)”.

The clever reply got quite a bit of attention on Twitter before it was deleted. It even inspired the hashtags “#KatiefromFCPS” and — after Twitter feared she was no longer running the account — “#FreeKatie.”

But while even the recipient of Nash’s reply thought the tweet was in good fun, the district apparently wasn’t comfortable with her approach and dismissed her Friday.

A Frederick County Public Schools spokesman confirmed that firing but didn’t provide details. Nash herself said that she understands why she was let go and that she didn’t “want to be a distraction to the school system.”

Nash is taking her dismissal in stride, tweeting yesterday: “Wish success for FCPS, students deserve the best. Don’t regret a tweet. #katiefromFCPS says do  ur homewurk [sic] – no one takes away ur education.”

Nash’s approach to the school’s Twitter feed wasn’t necessarily unique: Fairfax County (Virginia) Public Schools’ Twitter feed (@fcpsnews) has its own following (see gallery above).

The Associated Press contributed to this report.