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Md. school district fires employee after sassy tweet

close school tammarow PLEASE
— Nathan (@linganoreRocket)

The original tweet that started it all. (The district has since deleted the reply that Nash wrote.)

This is a screengrab of the initial Twitter exchange between a Frederick County Public Schools social media staffer and a student. The original tweet has since been deleted. (Courtesy The Frederick News Post) — This is a screen grab of Nash’s response to the student. The original tweet has since been deleted. (Courtesy The Frederick News-Post)

Wish success for FCPS, students deserve the best. Don't regret a tweet. says do ur homewurk - no one takes away ur education
— Katie Nash (@katienash)

Nash had nothing but kind words after her dismissal. (Courtesy The Frederick News-Post)

. still a mom ... just more time on my hands to yell at y'all
— Katie Nash (@katienash)

She also took it in stride. (Courtesy The Frederick News-Post)

Your message is completely devalued when you come at us like that.
— Fairfax Schools (@fcpsnews)

Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia have their own following for their casual approach to “haters.” (Courtesy The Frederick News-Post)

— Fairfax Schools (@fcpsnews)

Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia have their own following for their casual approach to “haters.” (Courtesy The Frederick News-Post)

— Fairfax Schools (@fcpsnews)

Fairfax County Public Schools in Virginia have their own following for their casual approach to “haters.” (Courtesy The Frederick News-Post)

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WASHINGTON 鈥� Frederick聽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 , 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 鈥榯omorrow?鈥� :)鈥�.

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

But while even the聽recipient of聽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.聽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 聽ur homewurk [sic]聽– no one takes away ur education.”

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

The Associated Press contributed to this report.