The district is currently investigating Alzubi after determining the posts may not align with the district\u2019s social media policy and expectations for staff, Louis Kushner, chief of staff, said in a May 26 statement<\/a>. Religious leaders and educators described the move last week as the result of an \u201canti-Muslim witch hunt<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n FWISD\u2019s announcement of Alzubi\u2019s hire, which is no longer on the district\u2019s Facebook page, included a photo of Alzubi wearing a hijab.\u00a0<\/p>\n A majority of the 20 speakers who signed up for Monday night\u2019s public comment portion of the meeting spoke in opposition of her reassignment.\u00a0<\/p>\n William Winston told board members he believes the district has mistreated Alzubi because she is Muslim.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cYour foolish decision regarding that principal has resulted in the demonization of Islam,\u201d Winston said.\u00a0<\/p>\n The retired Episcopal priest added that he feared the issue could be grounds for a lawsuit.<\/p>\n The school board turned off the microphone or interrupted speakers like Winston, who voiced their support for Alzubi.\u00a0<\/p>\n Pete Geren, the president of Fort Worth\u2019s school board, explained at the beginning of the meeting that because Monday was a special meeting, speakers were limited to items on the agenda. Geren also said speakers are encouraged to avoid naming individual employees.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cIf people raise personnel matters, I\u2019m going to ask that the mic be silenced and the person forfeit the rest of their time,\u201d Geren said.<\/p>\n Sabrina Ball, an activist and FWISD mother, noted the school district has continuously catered to what she deemed as dangerous ideology.<\/p>\n \u201cNow you\u2019re allowing extremists to define who is acceptable rather than reviewing the actual policies first,\u201d Ball said.<\/p>\n Krista Schild, the Texas director of the Rise Align Ignite Reclaim Foundation USA, thanked the board members for \u201cdoing their due diligence\u201d and told the dais they had her support.\u00a0<\/p>\n The foundation describes itself on its website<\/a> as a grassroots organization of Americans \u201cleading a movement to reclaim our Republic\u201d and Judeo-Christian values. The group\u2019s acronym previously stood for \u201cResistance Against Islamic Radicals,\u201d according to a Southern Poverty Law Center article from 2018<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re here to support the school board members and say that we no longer tolerate radical ideologies in our kids\u2019 education, and certainly not someone who\u2019s in line, or personnel who are in line, with those radical ideologies and the organizations pushing them,\u201d Schild said.\u00a0<\/p>\n Jennifer Droemer, a FWISD parent, asked the board members to reflect on the lesson leadership\u2019s actions are teaching students like her son.\u00a0<\/p>\n \u201cThis week of silence has allowed hateful attacks to intensify and spread,\u201d Dramer said. \u201cI cannot accept a lesson that teaches him that hate wins.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n A protester stormed into Monday\u2019s meeting and yelled, \u201cWe need to stop sharia law in Texas.\u201d He was consequently escorted out of the building by security.\u00a0<\/p>\n Disclosure: FWISD manager Pete Geren leads the Sid W. Richardson Foundation, a financial supporter of the Fort Worth Report. FWISD manager Laurie George is a member of the Report\u2019s reader advisory council. At the Fort Worth Report, news decisions are made independently of our board members and financial supporters. Read more about our editorial independence policy here<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260601_MYG_FWISDmeeting-4-1024x683.jpg\")
Fort Worth ISD leaders listen to residents during public comment at a school board meeting on June 1, 2026. (Marissa Greene | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/fortworthreport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/20260601_MYG_FWISDmeeting-1-1024x683.jpg\")
Fort Worth residents gather at a school board meeting on June 1, 2026, to protest against the district reassigning a Muslim principal in late May. (Marissa Greene | Fort Worth Report)<\/p>\n