{"id":347165,"date":"2025-11-01T04:30:24","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:30:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/347165\/"},"modified":"2025-11-01T04:30:24","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T04:30:24","slug":"parents-call-for-principals-removal-from-an-oak-cliff-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/347165\/","title":{"rendered":"Parents call for principal\u2019s removal from an Oak Cliff high school"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parents are calling for the removal of David W. Carter High School <\/a>Principal Troy Tyson over a flurry of allegations including lack of support for female athletes, minimal parent engagement and unprofessional conduct. <\/p>\n

A petition<\/a> demanding the removal started four months ago and has garnered almost 500 signatures. The Dallas Carter High Coalition Project \u2014 a group of Oak Cliff parents, alumni and teachers \u2014 sent letters to Dallas ISD Superintendent Stephanie Elizalde citing their concerns about Tyson\u2019s leadership. One letter was sent Oct. 7; the other on Thursday. <\/p>\n

\u201cAt the center of this storm is Principal Troy Tyson, whose tenure has been marked by intimidation, retaliation, and ethical decay,\u201d the group\u2019s Oct. 7 letter said. <\/p>\n

The group alleges the principal creates a hostile work environment and has a pattern of unprofessional behavior. The DCHC Project compiled letters from parents, teachers and students, and submitted a Title IX complaint to Dallas ISD in October. <\/p>\n

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Among those documents, three people alleged a lack of administrative support for women\u2019s sports, compared to men\u2019s. For example, one parent wrote that the women\u2019s basketball team was denied access to the school\u2019s shooting machine, which was available to the boys\u2019 team. The parent reported challenges with securing an athletic period, a class time reserved for pursuing sports, for female athletes. <\/p>\n

Community members have used public comment during school board meetings to raise grievances, notably the lack of parent engagement. The school was blocking PTA meetings from happening on campus, said Roshunda McClellan, the PTA president, at the April 24 school board meeting. <\/p>\n

\u201cParents are frustrated with the lack of leadership at Carter High School. No return phone calls, emails, or engagement with parents,\u201d McClellan said. <\/p>\n

Tyson has been with Dallas ISD since 2002, according to his LinkedIn<\/a> profile. He graduated with a bachelor\u2019s degree in computer science from Southern University and A&M College, and a master\u2019s degree from Prairie View A&M University, according to his school biography page. <\/p>\n

The parents pushing for Tyson\u2019s removal said they feel galvanized by Dallas ISD\u2019s removal this week of Woodrow Wilson High School Principal<\/a> Chandra Hooper-Barnett. Hooper-Barnett faced backlash over holding an unsanctioned meeting<\/a> with Black students about their academic performance.<\/p>\n

Carter High School parents are asking the district to respond with a similar urgency. <\/p>\n

\u201cOur community has been asking and now we are demanding equal, equitable treatment. Carter families, community stakeholders and staff have raised major concerns for two years,\u201d the Oct. 30 letter said. <\/p>\n

A Dallas ISD spokesperson said the district does not comment on personnel matters. Tyson did not respond to a request for comment. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been three years, for me, dealing with him,\u201d said Keithsha Berry, a parent with the DCHC Project. \u201cNothing is taking place. We\u2019re still dealing with him.\u201d <\/p>\n

The DMN Education Lab deepens the coverage and conversation about urgent education issues critical to the future of North Texas.<\/p>\n

The DMN Education Lab is a community-funded journalism initiative, with support from Bobby and Lottye Lyle, Communities Foundation of Texas, The Dallas Foundation, Dallas Regional Chamber, Deedie Rose, Garrett and Cecilia Boone, Judy and Jim Gibbs, The Meadows Foundation, The Murrell Foundation, Ron and Phyllis Steinhart, Solutions Journalism Network, Southern Methodist University, Sydney Smith Hicks, and the University of Texas at Dallas. The Dallas Morning News retains full editorial control of the Education Lab\u2019s journalism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Parents are calling for the removal of David W. Carter High School Principal Troy Tyson over a flurry…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":347166,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5135],"tags":[5229,1596,65390,407,65389,10429,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-347165","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-ed-lab-local-school-news","11":"tag-education","12":"tag-education-lab","13":"tag-oak-cliff","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115472566107060498","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347165\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}