Carbondale Reporter

Murphysboro High School shared a series of posts on September 11, 2025, through its official X (formerly Twitter) account. The content included three separate tweets published throughout the afternoon.

The first post at 15:13 UTC provided a link to an external resource: "https://t.co/iCzglLnIh8" (September 11, 2025). Shortly after, another tweet was published at 15:14 UTC, also linking externally: "https://t.co/GPBUnZAxRO" (September 11, 2025). The third post followed at 15:41 UTC with yet another link: "https://t.co/JB8EyTEpYA" (September 11, 2025).

Murphysboro High School is part of Murphysboro Community Unit School District 186 in Jackson County. This district includes Carruthers Elementary School, General John A. Logan Attendance Centre, McElvain School, and Murphysboro Middle School as well as the high school itself (source). According to the Illinois State Board of Education, the district employs 147 teachers who earn an average salary of $53,770 before pension contributions; approximately three-quarters are women and one-quarter are men. No teacher in the district has reported more than ten absences in a school year (source). Demographically, the student body is composed of approximately 69 percent White students, nearly 16 percent Black students, just over seven percent Hispanic students, and a small percentage of Asian students (source). In fiscal year 2020, the district spent $19,142 per student for a total expenditure exceeding $37 million (source).