The Dallas ISD principal who allegedly called a meeting of only Black students to discuss their academic performance will not return to her job .

In a letter sent to parents Tuesday night, Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde told Woodrow Wilson High parents that “after reviewing preliminary details,” principal Chandra Hooper-Barnett will not return.

“This decision was carefully considered and made with our students’ best interest in mind,” the letter said.

The district announced on Monday that former school leader Danielle Petters would serve as interim principal after a “recent incident” on campus, but did not provide additional details at the time. Parents later told the Dallas Morning News Hooper-Barnett had called an assembly for the school’s Black students, during whic

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