While at UT, Catherine served as managing editor of The Daily Texan, UT's student paper, and interned at the Texas Tribune and Houston Chronicle. Dr. James Whitfield has been on administrative leave since late August. Let your love shine so brightly & your positive voice be so loud that it drowns out the noise. Critical race theory, or CRT, is an academic discipline usually taught at the university level. She didnt feel proud that shed proven the school wrong. All four got out of the car. Lewis begged him to calm down. Twitter Fam, Youve probably seen #IStandwithDrWhitfield coming across your timeline, wondering what on earth is going on. Updated at 1:12 p.m. Wednesday with details throughout. 12. My mom catches me at everything, Bryan says. The foursome scrambled back into their car and took off. In his post Saturday, Whitfield explained that the photos were taken a decade ago during their 10-year anniversary in Mexico. I cant run from this. Opposition to critical race theory has become a rallying cry for Texas Republican leaders, who claim its indoctrinating students and teaching white students that they are racist. For weeks, kids buzzed about who they thought might be the anonymous athlete caught using steroids. Suite 2100 Eric Celeste is the editor at Spirit, the inflight magazine of Southwest Airlines. She said that many other football players were using them, and her son told her that, because many players knew about it, the coaches either knew and didnt care or didnt want to know so they didnt ask how players had made sudden increases in strength and size. The weekend before the series was to run, a fax came to the Morning News. Butbefore he could pop open the champagne his boss called and asked him to check his email. ON FEBRUARY 12, A SATURDAY, LEWIS WALKED into a salon to have her hair done. She checked the time. It had absolutely nothing to do with race. No one from above ever mentioned anything else about it, but the damage was inflicted on us in profound ways, he wrote. Over time, Bryan began to trust them and open up. I think its sweet. Hey, you little pussy, he said. Whatever. The agreement seemingly puts an end to Whitfields arduous battle with the school district that date backs to July 26, when he was first accused of teaching critical race theory during a Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District school board meeting by Stetson Clark, a former candidate for the district's school board. Colleyville Heritage High School Principal James Whitfield opened up in a lengthy Facebook post on July 31 about the incident from 2019 shortly after he had been promoted to the top post at. Theyd made a mistake, she says. How many of them bought needles for players? They would cooperate fully with the News reporters, but they wouldnt give anyone up. You heard that story earlier tonight. It ate at her. Lewis made it clear that they could not take her son out of class to talk to him. The next day, Lewis picked up her Sunday Morning News and boarded a chartered bus to Austin for a sales meeting. 535. Wednesday and Thursday shows are cancelled due to inclement weather. James Whitfield at his home in Hurst on Sept. 16. This was so she could direct Lewis to the appropriate vice principal. Students at Colleyville Heritage High took the theme and ran with it in a Donald Trump-esqe direction before a game against Trinity High in Euless. Whitfield's status with Colleyville Heritage High School is expected to be decided at a Monday school board meeting. Dr. James Whitfield, the former principal at Colleyville Heritage High School, filed a $250,000 defamation lawsuit against Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District and board member Tammy . 972-983-4822 cell. Minutes later, her son, Bryan Dyer (Lewis remarried in 1993), walked out of the school with a friend and headed toward his truck. With some of her neighbors not talking to her, she decided to take the next step. The Grapevine-Colleyville ISD school board voted unanimously on a proposal Monday not to renew the contract of suspended Heritage High School principal James Whitfield. By midweek, Bryan couldnt take the whispers and the barely contained seething of the football players. A wave of nausea swept through her. SOUTHLAKE, Texas - Carroll ISD is punishing some students for an offensive video that shows a group of teens chanting the n-word. Is Whataburger healthy? According to state test scores, 55% of students are at least proficient in math and 77% in reading. I know that there's just so many people under these attacks and that's my greatest fear because this profession means so much to me, he said. MOM ON A MISSION: Lewis (left) admits that if she had known how her city would turn against her, how her son Bryan (right) would be ostracized, how her actions would be second-guessed by the police, it would have made her think twice. On their cardboard, handmade wall, they wrote: 'Paid for by . 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Critical race theory is a way of thinking about Americas history through the lens of racism. Dallas Cowboys want another playmaker on offense. Colleyville is a majority-white city with only 1% of residents identifying as Black or African American, according to census data. ", Grapevine-Colleyville ISD issued the following statement Monday. The school district has called the photos questionable for an educator, especially a principal or administrator, and they said it has nothing to do with race. James Whitfield, principal of. "His diversity efforts have just been amazing," said student Samantha Zelling, who took part in Friday's march and protest. Bryan is used to getting in trouble with his mom. When no one showed up, she called the owner to ask why. I am not the CRT (Critical Race Theory) Boogeyman. Lewis didnt want to confront Bryan in front of his friends. Kids need us! the principal added. At the first public hearing the school district held to discuss the issue, including spending money for more drug testing, not one parent showed up. In a Sept. 1 written statement the district said: "The District has received numerous questions regarding the decision to place Dr. James Whitfield on paid administrative leave. We understand that members of our community have questions, but the District does not resolve personnel matters in the media. (Even though, technically, its in Euless.) She said it to calm her son. The 18-year-old, who is not a student, and two juvenile students were located inside the school, police said. (817) 305-4700. This Houston rodeo food vendor wants you to eat his rattlesnake, Astros GM Dana Brown has more praise team's top prospect, Heres how you can watch 'Daisy Jones and the Six', Proposed Texas bill gives tax cuts to heterosexual families only, These bites won big at the Houston rodeo's foodie awards. But if were really concerned about reputations here, whose reputation has been damaged more? The video was shot off campus and not during normal school hours.. Grapevine-Colleyville ISD may decide his fate by Monday. Thats how competitive it is.. The school and district officials dismissed the mother's claims, and the school's head football coach went as far calling her a "liar" in a Dallas Morning News interview. He just wants to enjoy his senior year, and I want to do everything I can to help him., But, she says, she believes she has a mission. Why should my kid be drug-tested just because you cant control yours?. I knew it as soon as I finished the story. Copyright 2023, D Magazine Partners, Inc. We use cookies to ensure that we give you the best experience on our website. Dallas Cowboys want another playmaker on offense. Colleyville Heritage High School's new principal, Dr. James Whitfield, is now speaking out saying he wishes he could've taken more of a stand in 2019 after his photo first stirred up. Summarizing his defense, he finally blurted, Mom, the majority of the football team is taking them.. One of the students was detained on a charge of having a weapon in a place where its prohibited, police said. The answer, anabolic steroids, provided a bit of relief. But Colleyville police Detective Hillary Wreay said her department has received no information from the school on the alleged sale or distribution of steroids and has no investigation in progress. I wonder who it was.. Dr. James Whitfield has been promoted several times in the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD system. It's something he and the district have denied. He was asked to remove photos from Facebook taken on a beach vacation with is wife, that some felt were inappropriate. He knows its just because she loves him, but, damn, so many other kids get away with telling white lies, staying out late. Her son, a junior at Colleyville Heritage High School, had several such travel bags in his closet, but the others were all pressed flat, unused. He pulled forward into a parking space and waited on his friends, hoping everyone else would ignore him. An anonymous parent called the high school and said football players were using steroids, which are illegal to use or possess in Texas without a prescription, and that the school's football coach condoned it. She is suing the coach and the school district for $1.5 million because Cunningham said Lewis was a liar and crazy in an interview with the News. This year Colleyville Heritage High School found only 19 girls out of a school of 2,400 students good enough for their cheerleading squad. Update: Revised at 9 p.m. with more information. James Whitfield, principal of Colleyville Heritage High School in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, was placed on paid administrative leave in late August, a month after a former school board candidate . Ive only chosen to speak out against baseless allegations after [the district] allowed a man to speak my name at the July 26 board meeting, he said. Grapevine-Colleyville sources have said that the district does not teach CRT, a doctrine that pushes the notion that racism underpins Americas history, laws and institutions, according to the Dallas Morning News. The district told WFAA again Friday that the decision has nothing to do with critical race theory or allegations by a small group of parents. Dallas, Texas 75201. Dec 29, 2022 The 2022-23 UIL high school soccer season officially starts today and the Star Telegram released its first soccer area rankings this week. Lewis jumped in her car and raced the two miles to CHHS. Football players were calling him Patrick. Conversations stopped when he arrived. He's a happily married man. As she waited, she overheard customers gabbing. Whats wrong with the picture? It was, Hey, I am trying to avoid any conflict, he told the station. 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Theyre open late, they have cheap food, and theyre close by. Colleyville is a Yuppie burb, sure, with a median home price of $335,000, but it is affluence packed on top of a former tiny farming community, a fine cloth draped over an old couch. Join us today so we can achieve that goal! She says she has had to endure the communitys anger despite what should have been ample vindication: the Dallas Morning News, in an ongoing and exhaustive investigative series, has proven that steroids use in North Texas high schools is greater than many want to believe. No real names, anyway. Too many of them are, but this one certainly is. Nearly a year later, she still believes this. Beal asked her to come into the school for a talk. Ironically, it was the place where hed purchased his steroids. One day in the lunchroom, Bryan walked up to a group of students gathered around a table. Thats your investigation? At Colleyville Heritage High, students rushed to defend James Whitfield, who has been accused of embracing critical race theory and is in danger of being fired. He loves his new school. And during the second special session, lawmakers successfully passed Senate Bill 3, a more restrictive version of the House bill that will replace HB 3979 on Dec. 2. One of those parents complained about the photo and the district ordered Whitfield to take it down. Well, Im a friend of Coach Cunninghams. The tough drug-testing program that Grapevine-Colleyville has adopted. Its he and his beautiful wife, they have a beautiful family, Sunni Roppollo, who has children at Colleyville Heritage High, told KXAS, adding that there was no reason to censor him.I chalk it up to educators are held to a different standard, unfortunately. Anna Caplan covers McKinney, Southlake, Grapevine and Colleyville. Aria has interned at the Austin American-Statesman, the Texas Tribune and the El Paso Times. According to their story, Cunningham went on a 15-minute rant and blamed the then-unidentified mother for creating this problem. She is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and Dallas College. It read nandrolone decanoate.. Aug. 5, 2021 In June 2019, shortly after James Whitfield, a Black educator, was hired as the principal of a middle school in Colleyville, Texas, an administrator with the school district. His friend stopped him. We will not sit silently while these individuals continue their bigoted attacks. First published on August 30, 2021 / 5:42 PM. How many varsity football players got calls for drug deals in their SAT prep class this year? It was also about keeping up with bitter enemies from Southlake Carroll, Grapevine, Keller, all the schools on the schedule. "We're talking about a very short period, weeks," district spokeswoman Robin McClure said. GPA is calculated on a 4.0 weighted GPA scale. He called a few buddies shortly before midnight and told them to meet him at Whataburger, one of the town hangouts. He talked quickly, stumbling over his words, trying to explain his reasoning. Not Bryans. Enjoy unlimited access to all of our incredible journalism, in print and digital. When Bryan got to school on Monday, it didnt take long to see that his cover had been blown. I wish I had the conviction to say, No, Im not going to take it down thats a picture of me and my wife kissing on the beach. 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When Lori Lewis learned that many players on her sons Colleyville Heritage football team were using steroids, she blew the whistle. While the status of this as an ongoing personnel matter limits the information that the District can disclose about the events leading up to this decision, the speculation and conjecture that surround these events warrant some additional context. Not their real names, of course. Now, GOP lawmakers have turned their attention to what books children have access to in schools. Do you value our journalism? She couldnt even get her grass cut? Bryan understands, she says. But he said trouble began as far back as 2019 when someone complained to administrators he was setting a "bad example" by posting pictures of himself kissing his wife on Facebook. The theory's central idea is that racism is not something restricted to individuals, but that bias is something embedded in policies and legal systems. She laughs about it more than she complains. Cunningham has apologized and said it was wrong to say the things he did, but I think anybody would have reacted the same way. Example video title will go here for this video. "Our lawyers are looking at it," she said. MLB legend makes surprise appearance at Astros' Spring Training, Houston is ugly, and I've never felt more at home, Texas A&M upset win clears path for UH to snag top overall seed, This is what Houston looks like from space, Oops! James Whitfield, the first Black principal at mostly white Colleyville Heritage High School, chose to resign but remain on paid administrative leave until 2023 in a settlement with the school district. The high school has about 2,000 students in ninth through 12th grades. The reporters worked other sources. It would be my hope finally someone listens to the students because ultimately that's who we're here to serve. I just want to get on with my life. He wants to play wide receiver. They were identified merely as the athlete and his mother.. He knewfrom friends, from weight-room whispers, from his own two eyesthat many of the starters were accomplishing just that task with injected aid. We hid the photo, no one from above ever mentioned anything else about it, but the damage was inflicted on us in profound ways. If I called your boss and said your kids and their friends are using drugs, my kid says youre looking the other way and not doing anything about it and thats not true, what would you say? No spam, ever. COLLEYVILLE HERITAGE. Theyre mad at my mom because shes messing with that.. Can you take this picture down? Colleyville Heritage High School is a public high school of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District located in Colleyville, TX. CHHS is a big school, with more than 2,200 students and an operating budget of $136.5 million for the. He sold her the needles.. "I think it's sweet. Updated at 1:12 p.m. Wednesday with details throughout. An 18-year-old man and a juvenile student are facing criminal charges after a handgun was found inside a students car at Colleyville Heritage High School on Tuesday. August 30, 2021 / 5:42 PM So when Bryan pulled into the drive-thru and ordered, he wasnt surprised to see people he knew. Besides, she said. He is rubbing his hands while he talks, trying to get the grime off his fingers. They needed more information. "As this is an ongoing personnel matter, we will not comment further. It was too quiet, she says. The scandal at CHHS, as well as the well-publicized suicide of a student-athlete in Plano, Texas resulted in the implementation of random drug testing by the University Interscholastic League in 2007. Colleyville Heritage High School Principal James Whitfield opened up in a lengthy Facebook post on July 31 about the incident from 2019 shortly after he had been promoted to the top post at the middle school. He told KXAS that he received an email at the time from a school administrator containing an image of himself and his wife, Kerrie, kissing on their anniversary trip. She told the pharmacist she needed to vaccinate a horse. The driver came after him. [3] Compare Colleyville Heritage High School to Other Schools gcisd-k12.org , Chris Cunningham says hes trying to do something about the problem so it doesnt happen again. Alphabet L - Z. lesli.ware@gcisd.net. Colleyville Heritage High School Unclaimed. And while her son was fighting his battles, Lewis was fighting hers. Feeder schools for Colleyville Heritage High School: Elementary: COLLEYVILLE, Texas The embattled principal of Colleyville Heritage High School is expected to learn his employment fate this coming Monday. This PTA does not endorse n See more 636 people like this Colleyville Heritage High School. As a new campus principal, we wanted to provide a smooth transition for Dr. Whitfield to Heritage Middle School, which is why we advised him of the concern and made a request for the photos to be taken down from Facebook.". James Whitfield, who was named Colleyville Heritage High School's first African-American principal in 2020, posted that during the July 26 board meeting, he was publicly named and accused of . The University Interscholastic League, which sets rules for competition in Texas high school sports, has no policy on steroids. "I look at the picture, and I look at the words above it, and it says, 'Is this the Dr. Whitfield we want leading our schools?' Colleyville Heritage High School in Texas hosted controversial event. Bryan had to lie, even to friends who sidled up to him in private and asked if he was the one. In early August, Grapevine-Colleyville ISD placed Whitfield on administrative leave. He wrote that he cant ask others to speak up if he wont, and that being a school administrator does not take away my rights and ability to be human and defend myself.. And, of course, making everyone in town proud, which is what winning does. Its bad enough they identified her as a cheerleader. Arent they illegal now? Sort of. In June, Lewis scheduled to have her lawn mowed by a Mid Cities fireman who runs a small lawn-care company. The schools denial. The only other known instance in which a group of high school athletes admitted to steroid use was in Buckeye, Ariz., in fall 2003, according to the Associated Press. The school district told KXAS in a statement: When a social media concern is brought to the attention of the district, we have a responsibility to review it. At least hes not a drug addict, she thought. The coaches had told him to get bigger and stronger if he wanted to earn a starting position, he said. I have done nothing wrong by anyone, Whitfield said. For questions, to submit digital entries or to coordinate pickup of entries, please contact: Kacey Bess. Lewis pulled him out of CHHS and would soon enroll him in a nearby private school. Among other things, SB 3 bans schools from making political activism part of a course and says teachers may not be compelled to talk about a widely debated and currently controversial issue of public policy or social affairs.. I knew what I was getting into. In fact, she knows that by filing a slander suit against the schools football coach, Chris Cunningham, she has only invited more recrimination. ", "Anything that has to do with being inclusive, having a safe and nurturing environment for all students, they want to attach that to CRT, because it's the boogeyman buzzword of the day," added Whitfield. Hed been playing sports in Colleyville since tee ball at age 4, and through select baseball and Pee Wee football, all the way through this, his junior year, shed attended every game. CNN A high school principal in North Texas who was placed on leave after being publicly accused of promoting critical race theory has agreed to leave his role. Whitfield's wife Kerrie said she took the photo to mean a black man with a tattoo on his arm was inappropriate. "The vast majority of people in that community, they know who I am. Read more about this topic: Colleyville Heritage High School, Athletics, And therefore, as when there is a controversy in an account, the parties must by their own accord, set up for right Reason, the Reason of some Arbitrator, or Judge, to whose sentence, they will both stand, or their controversy must either come to blows, or be undecided, for want of a right Reason constituted by Nature; so is it also in all debates of what kind soever.Thomas Hobbes (15791688), Bret Boone - Professional Career - Legacy -. Can you take this picture down? As a new campus principal, we wanted to provide a smooth transition for Dr. Whitfield to Heritage Middle School, which is why we advised him of the concern and made a request for the photos to be taken down from Facebook, it added. Then, two weeks later, Bryan left a movie theater on a weekend night. 562. Thats it? Colleyville Heritage High School Principal James Whitfield has faced sharp criticism from some parents who are accusing him of teaching critical race theory. First, she noticed the syringes. Public school 1,974 Students Grades 9-12. I think it's silly, I can't see why a husband and wife can't have a picture of them in a sweet moment.". And even if the answer was all of them, how many had gone to Kroger and said she needed them for a horse? But the moms wouldnt tell the other moms about it, because they want their kid to have an edge. The Tarrant County Narcotics Unit, now working the steroids investigation, told Lewis that her first call should have been to them months ago. This story has been shared 117,245 times. No big deal, Bryan thought. Other people in the audience shouted in support and cheered when Clark made his remarks. While the move may have been about personnel, Whitfield said it feels personal. [2] Colleyville Heritage High School celebrated its 10th anniversary in 2006. One of those parents complained. Hes just got to get a little faster, a little bigger, a little stronger. Some of the photos the district received contained poses that are questionable for an educator, especially a principal or administrator. Some in the district have accused him of implementing critical race theory in the classroom. Attendance Clerk. The school went on lockdown when the incident was reported. Who knew? The vial had been photographed on Bryans glass dining room table, and the students were examining the fuzzy reflections in the glass to figure out whose house it was. The architects of the theory argue that the United States was founded on the theft of land and labor and that federal law has preserved the unequal treatment of people on the basis of race. Lt. Gov. The coach, Chris Cunningham, denied the accusations in reports published at the time and said he was adamantly against steroids. He hopes he starts, he says. There were also names. Colleyville Heritage High School 5401 Heritage Avenue Colleyville, TX 76034 P: (817) 305-4700 F: (817) 358-4765 E: chhs.info@gcisd.net Quick Facts Year Opened: 1996 Grades: 9th - 12th Enrollment: 1,984 Mascot: Panthers Principal: Julia Stephen Other Important Information/Procedures Hours First Bell: 8:40 a.m. School Ends: 4:00 p.m. Ive counted. Proponents also believe race is culturally invented, not biological. Dave Denning, a former Grapevine High School principal, will serve as interim leader of the campus, Ryan said. Officers on the scene have "the individual involved detained.".
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