Dallas principal removed after reprimanding Black students appointed as principal of another school

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…

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