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Dallas ISD Removes Woodrow Wilson High Principal, Names Interim Leader

Parents report Black students were singled out over the school's B rating.

Overview

  • Dallas ISD said it is reviewing the incident and that the meeting was not district-sanctioned.
  • Parents say more than 100 Black students were pulled from class and told they were why the campus earned a TEA B rating.
  • Principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett apologized in a letter, calling the meeting inappropriate and taking responsibility.
  • Danielle Peters, a former executive director of the Woodrow Wilson Vertical Team and former J.L. Long Middle School principal, was appointed interim principal.
  • Families welcomed swift action but are pressing for a town hall and clarity on next steps as the review continues.