Benjamin Fillo, a teacher at Barrington High School in Rhode Island, came under fire for disturbing comments he made following the political assassination of conservative leader and icon Charlie Kirk.
The school district is now making it difficult for parents to access Fillo’s curriculum through a FOIA request by demanding a six-figure fee to provide the information.
Just the News reports:
Rhode Island’s Barrington Public Schools demanded six figures just to turn over one social studies teacher’s curriculum in response to Access to Public Records Act requests to discern whether Benjamin Fillo’s classroom lessons reflected the viewpoints in his once-public TikTok video that said the “piece of garbage” Kirk got what he deserved.
The district separately estimated that producing Fillo’s roughly 2,200 work emails going back to 2016 that include the word “Trump,” the other APRA request, would cost about $1,100.
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In correspondence shared with Just the News, the district blamed the now-$116,000 estimate on the scope of what Solas requested, Fillo’s curriculum for his full 15 years, and offered $5,500 if Solas would narrow her request to the past five years. To justify its estimate for Fillo’s emails, it cited an opinion by a recurring Solas foe, state Attorney General Peter Neronha.
During Fillo’s unhinged remarks in a video shared on social media, he called Kirk a “piece of garbage” and stated, “I have about as much sympathy for Charlie Kirk right now as I do for all those farmers across the country who want socialist handouts from the government right now.”
“This is a man who hated the LGBTQ community, who hated women’s rights, who hated democracy.”
“Who thought that he was a big man cause he went to college campuses, debated young college students and thought he proved how tough he was with his words that he studied ahead of time.”
“What a piece of garbage. This is what happens,” he said before smugly adding, “Bye, Charlie!”
Watch Fillo’s disturbing rant below:
Can Barrington, Rhode Island @bps_ri teacher & NEA Barrington President Benjamin Fillo confirm/deny he made this video saying Charlie Kirk
“thought he proved how tough he was with his words…What a piece of garbage. Look what happens…Bye, Charlie!”
It’s inhumane. pic.twitter.com/KD473ndMMY
— Nicole Solas, Sued by the Teachers Union (@Nicoletta0602) September 11, 2025
Students who are subjected to Fillo’s vitriol spoke out against the educator during a school board meeting.
Watch:
Holy Smokes. These brave young students from Barrington High School in Rhode Island are going viral demanding the firing of a teacher, Benjamin Fillo.
Fillo was put on administrative leave following calling Charlie Kirk “a piece of garbage” on TikTok. pic.twitter.com/tM9sbmZ5kP
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) September 16, 2025
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