A Dallas high school principal removed from a school after a racial controversy last fall has been appointed to lead another campus
Award-winning principal Chandra Hooper Barnett was named the new leader of Lincoln High School, a magnet school in southern Dallas whose student population is more than 70% Black. It comes several months after the district removed her as principal of Woodrow Wilson High School after she allegedly called a meeting of only Black students to reprimand them for their academic performance.
At the time- Hooper Barnett – who is African American– said it was never her intent to cause harm to any group of students.
KERA reached out to Hooper-Barnett for an interview but did not receive a response.
In a statement, the district said it remains focused on student outcomes and will keep making decisions “in the best interest of our students.”
Bill Zeeble is KERA’s education reporter. Got a tip? Email Bill at bzeeble@kera.org. You can follow him on X @bzeeble.
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