Bellaire High School Seniors Nabila Wilson and Sonya Kulkarni, with the Three Penny Press, sat down with former Principal Michael McDonough as he explained what happened when HISD removed him from the school.

In the interview, McDonough said “There were two things being investigated. One was about a policy that was easily correctable if they had just told us beforehand. I don’t know why they needed to take five months to investigate it. The other issue was a disagreement about some of the day-to-day policies unique to Bellaire.”

The beloved Principal was deeply touched when “over 2,000 students participated in a walkout in reaction to HISD’s lack of transparency surrounding his removal.”

“McDonough said he doesn’t want to jump right back into a full-time position, so, for now, he will be doing some consulting work for the University of Houston in their education department.”

Read the excellent article at thethreepennypress.org.