Dallas principal removed after blaming black students for school rating

A Dallas high school principal was removed from her job Monday after holding a meeting Friday with black students where she blamed them for her school not receiving an “A” rating. 

Chandra Hooper-Barnett of Woodrow Wilson High School reportedly pulled black students out of class to tell them they were the reason the school had a “B” in the state’s academic ratings instead of an “A.” Last year, the school of 2,000 students – 6% of them black – was given a “C.” 

“It was not like ‘oh you guys helped raise it to a B,’ it was ‘you guys are the reason we are not an A school,’” a parent told Fox 4. 

Jennifer Bush, whose 10th-grade son has a 3.5 GPA and is taking advanced courses, told The Dallas Morning News she was “livid” – especially because Hooper-Barnett is also black. 

“You have a historical position … and this is what you do. That’s insane,” Bush said, adding that trust had been “broken” between the school and families that had been targeted.