Texas Middle School Principal Fired for Telling Students to Speak English so they don't feel bullied when they are talked about in Spanish!

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Texas Middle School Principal Fired for Telling Students to Speak English March 20, 2014

Yesterday, the news broke that a middle school principal in Hempstead, Texas had been fired.  Her transgression?  Announcing over the loudspeaker that students in the school should not speak Spanish while on campus.

Hempstead Middle School Principal Amy Lacey was placed on administrative leave back in December for her announcement.  At the time, ProEnglish covered the story in the “English in the News” section on our website.  Three months later, we learned that the school board will not renew her contract.

In a press release from last evening, ProEnglish Executive Director Robert Vandervoort called it “an outrage” that the school board “caved in to vocal multilingual pressure groups and fired a well-meaning principal.”  He also noted that Hempstead Middle School is a taxpayer-supported institution.  In addition, Vandervoort referenced the federal court of appeals case Silva v. Catholic Diocese of Wichita, which ruled that schools have a right to require that English be spoken by students.

ProEnglish is in the process of contacting Ms. Lacey, and we intend to assist her in any way possible.  Ms. Lacey’s predicament bears some resemblance to another case ProEnglish is currently involved with.  As many of you have heard, Arizona nursing student Terri Bennett was suspended from her college and viciously insulted by administrators for simply requesting that English be the language spoken in her classes. 

We are continuing to provide significant support to Terri as her case makes its way through the legal process.  The cases of Ms. Bennett and Ms. Lacey show the importance of making English our official language.

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The ProEnglish Staff