HOUSTON (KTRK) -- A high school principal who an HISD investigation revealed ordered staff to change grades of failing students has been reassigned.
In a report released on Tuesday, the Office of Internal Audit determined the Westbury High School principal had the grades of 26 failing students changed to 80s.
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The district says the principal has been temporarily reassigned off the campus while the investigation continues.
The report says the Westbury High School students were all in a classroom taught by a substitute/associate teacher and that the school principal made the request because he didn't believe "students should be penalized" for not having a certified teacher of record.
The HISD substitute teacher in question told Eyewitness News she refused the directive, which she received in a handwritten note.
The teacher, who asked not to be identified, told us, "When a child comes into class and tells me I don't have to do a thing, because I am going to get an 80, they're telling me they're entitled, and they are not."