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Shayma Alzubi had been announced as the principal of Western Hills High School, but has since been reassigned following backlash over her social media posts.<\/p>\n
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A federal judge has ruled that a former Fort Worth ISD principal\u2019s First Amendment lawsuit<\/a> is unlikely to succeed after she was reassigned during an investigation of her social media posts, and denied her request to be immediately reinstated.<\/p>\n Shayma Alzubi was reassigned shortly after being announced as principal of Western Hills High School in May, following backlash regarding social media posts<\/a> she made explaining Sharia law and supporting the Black Lives Matter movement.<\/p>\n Alzubi filed a motion for a preliminary injunction requesting that she be reinstated as principal after she had been reassigned to be a principal program administrator, which she called a \u201cmade-up job<\/a> that no one in the district has,\u201d in previous court filings.<\/p>\n U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman wrote in his order Tuesday that Alzubi was not deprived of any benefit of employment and that she was reassigned to an \u201carguably less stressful\u201d position that paid more.<\/p>\n In an internal investigation, the school district could not substantiate that Alzubi\u2019s posts violated district policy or state law. District officials argued in court documents that she was reassigned due to safety concerns<\/a> after the school received threats of physical and sexual violence toward Alzubi and other staff members.<\/p>\n The district said in a statement to the Star-Telegram that it does not comment on pending litigation.<\/p>\n The judge\u2019s decision said that the district\u2019s interest in efficiency outweighs Alzubi\u2019s interest in speaking on matters of public concern.<\/p>\n \u201cAlzubi is not a scapegoat, nor has she lost her freedom of speech,\u201d the court decision said. \u201cAlzubi is within her right to post whatever she wants, but the District is also well within its right to put the overall safety of its community over a single individual\u2019s professional preferences.\u201d<\/p>\n Although her motion to be reinstated was denied, Alzubi\u2019s lawsuit against the school district is still pending. The suit alleges violations of her First Amendment rights and that she was discriminated against because of her Muslim religion. The district has filed a motion seeking to dismiss the suit.<\/p>\n Judge Pittman wrote in his opinion that Alzubi\u2019s claim her First Amendment rights were violated is unlikely to succeed, and he questioned whether the case is a good use of the court\u2019s time and resources.<\/p>\n \u201cThe law does not convert every personnel decision into a federal case, nor every workplace disappointment into a constitutional violation,\u201d Pittman wrote.<\/p>\n The district has named Lucio Rodriguez as interim principal of Western Hills.<\/p>\n This story was originally published July 29, 2026 at 12:01 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n
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