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Ann Richards community urges board to reinstate principal after district recommends termination
Summary
Hundreds of community members — students, parents, teachers and alumni — urged the Austin ISD Board April 24 to reject a superintendent recommendation to terminate the principal at Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, calling for reinstatement, more transparency and restorative approaches.
Dozens of in-person speakers and hundreds of recorded messages pressed the Austin ISD Board April 24 to reject the superintendent’s recommendation to terminate the principal at the Ann Richards School for Young Women Leaders, saying the school had suffered leadership disruption and that the principal is widely respected by students, staff and parents.
What speakers said: Over the public testimony period speakers who identified themselves as parents, students, alumni, teachers and school staff described the principal as a committed leader who “restored” school culture after…
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