Dallas ISD Replaces Woodrow Wilson HS Principal After Discriminatory Meeting

Incident at Woodrow Wilson High School

• 🎯 A meeting exclusively for African-American students was held at Woodrow Wilson High School during advisory period.
• 🗣️ According to students and parents, Principal Shandra Hooper Barnett told the students they were the reason the school received a "B" rating instead of an "A."

Parental and Community Response

• 😠 Parents expressed deep concern and described the principal's actions as discriminatory and inflammatory.
• 📞 Multiple parents contacted the school to complain about the incident.

School Administration's Actions

• 📧 Woodrow Wilson High School announced a new interim principal via an email to parents.
• ✉️ The email acknowledged a "recent incident" that does not align with the school community's values, without naming the former principal.
• 📝 Principal Hooper Barnett sent her own email apologizing, taking ownership, and stating the meeting was not appropriate and not intended to harm any group of students.

Ongoing Questions and Investigation

• ❓ Parents are seeking more information about the specifics of the meeting and what was said.
• ⚖️ It remains unclear if the former principal will face disciplinary action or return to work at Dallas ISD.