A Popular Principal, Wounded By Government's Good Intentions

For The Good Of The Kids? Highly Regarded Principal Forced Out So School Can Get Federal Funds

It's hard to find anyone here who believes that Joyce Irvine should have been removed as principal of Wheeler Elementary School.

John Mudasigana, one of many recent African refugees whose children attend the high-poverty school, says he is grateful for how Ms. Irvine and her teachers have helped his five children. "Everything is so good about the school," he said, before taking his daughter Evangeline, 11, into the school's dental clinic.

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