WOONSOCKET — The Villa Nova Middle School teacher suspected of making a social media post in March that asked people with the coronavirus to cough on President Trump has resigned, the School Committe chairman said Tuesday afternoon.

The post, which was made through a Twitter account that has since been deleted, read, “Somebody with Covid 19, I will pay you to cough on #Trump,” according to the website Gateway Pundit, which first reported on it.

The account was traced to Amy Bednarz, who taught English as a second language.

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The School Committee was prepared to fire her at its April 22 meeting, according to Chairman Paul Bourget, but agreed to a settlement in which Bednarz resigned effective that day.

In exchange, her record will reflect that she was not removed for cause and she will get medical coverage through August, Bourget said. She agreed not to sue Woonsocket over the incident, he said.

Bednarz, who had been on paid administrative leave while the Education Department investigated, did not receive money as part of the settlement, Bourget said.

Bourget said Bednarz had denied being the person who had made the post from her Twitter account. “Our investigation showed she was not hacked,” he said.

Bourget said the committee voted 5 to 0 to approve the settlement.

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