Dallas principal removed after calling meeting with only Black students about their grades: ‘You guys are the reason we are not an A school’

[Manonthestreet]

Anybody who speaks the truth should be fired immediately!!!

You beat me to it.

 

[Jim H - VA USA]

Chandra Hooper-Barnett, an award winning black principal in Dallas, lost her job after her controversial statements about the academic performance of black students.

Will her departure help, or hurt, these black students?

I'm not disputing the fact that a lot of people felt offended by her statements.

What I am doing is asking if these black students will be better off, or worse off, now that she is gone.

Dallas principal removed after calling meeting with only Black students about their grades: ‘You guys are the reason we are not an A school’

Only 6 percent of the school’s student population is Black

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Dallas principal removed after calling meeting with only Black students about their grades: ‘You guys are the reason we are not an A school’

By Graig Graziosi

October 29, 2025

Photo description: Woodrow Wilson High School Principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett has been removed from her position at the Dallas-area school after she allegedly called a meeting with Black students to blame them for the school’s “B” academic rating (Dallas Independent School District)

The principal at Woodrow Wilson High School in Dallas has been removed after she held a meeting exclusively with Black students to blame them for the school’s academic reputation.

Principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett called the meeting only with Black students discuss the school’s recent “B” academic rating, sparking outrage among parents.

“He said that Principal Barnett stated that those students, the Black students, were the reason why the school had a B rating,” Jennifer Bush, the parents of a sophomore at the school, told the Dallas Morning News.

Bush told the paper that she was “livid,” noting that her son has a 3.5 GPA and is in advanced placement and college classes.

“She’s Black as well. You have a historical position … and this is what you do. That’s insane,” Bush told the paper.

According to Fox 4 News, the school previously had a “C” rating, so its academic performance has actually improved over the last year. But parents still felt that Black students were being blamed for the school’s rating not being high.

“The principal stated how [the Black students] are the reason for the B rating. And 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,'” Jennifer, a Woodrow Wilson parent, told the broadcaster.View attachment 1178720

It's a better approach than claiming that math is racist.

 

[22lcidw]

Sadly, that is true. Intelligence, performing well in school, it is not admired in the "hood" so to speak. Admittedly, living in the inner city and attempting to flourish academically, against some pretty massive odds is daunting under the best of conditions, but when it generates no respect, maybe even ridicule, we got a damn problem.

It is clear that this problem many many decades long. And the costs to the taxpayer to keep the schools open is incredible with tragic results. The lady most likely was trying to light a fire under their asses. This money from the federal, state, city, local taxpayers in every way possible will not last forever.

 

[Unkotare]

... Intelligence, performing well in school, it is not admired in the "hood" so to speak. ... it generates no respect, maybe even ridicule...

How do you know?

 

[Woodznutz]

The linked article in the OP does not say why these black students are not performing the same as the rest of the school. Since the principal is black I assume she is not using skin color or racism as the reason for her lecture to those students. Jumping on her using racism as the reason does not solve anything.

I'm guessing that she is well aware of the grades of all the students.