A Rockaway Township teacher has resigned after online comments she made about conservative activist Charlie Kirk sparked backlash.

At a Board of Education meeting this week, some residents demanded she be fired.

The teacher, Elizabeth Clark, told the Daily Record she was placed on administrative leave on September 11th as her comments spread and her personal information was made public, saying she resigned out of fear of safety for her family and her students.

Now, Clark is one of several educators targeted online for posts seen as critical or insensitive after Kirk's assassination.

The group, the New Jersey Project, has been flagging those posts to employers and urging others to do the same.

Meanwhile, large crowds have gathered at vigils across the state this week to honor Kirk.

A Hasbrook Heights memorial drew hundreds.

A planned service at a stadium in Sussex County for this weekend was canceled after too many