A Kentucky school investigative agency has told staff at Lexington’s Frederick Douglass High School’s staff it must follow school councils’ policies “to the letter” after frustration arose when the principal made change to the school’s schedule.
A May 8 investigative report obtained through the Kentucky Open Records Act from the Kentucky Office of Education Accountability looked into the allegation that there was “disagreement” on who has the authority to change the school’s schedule.
The state investigative report says a complaint was received by OEA regarding the day and week schedule for Frederick Douglass. It stated that Principal Lester Diaz determined the fixed block rotation schedule to be in the best interests of all students, but that the school decision-making council did not get to adopt the schedule, which many felt was required by school policy and state law. The principal decided to implement the new schedule for the 2025-2026 school year at a May 19, 2025, school council meeting…