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Houston ISD board considers termination of Jack Yates principal

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Rebecca Carballo, Staff writer

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Yates players celebrate the teamโ€™s win over Silsbee with Yates High School principal Tiffany Guillory, center, after a 4A regional final high school basketball game, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Huntsville, TX. Yates won the game, 108-89.
1of2Yates players celebrate the teamโ€™s win over Silsbee with Yates High School principal Tiffany Guillory, center, after a 4A regional final high school basketball game, Saturday, March 2, 2019, in Huntsville, TX. Yates won the game, 108-89.Eric Christian Smith/Contributor

The Houston ISD board will consider terminating Jack Yates High School principal Tiffany Guillory during a Thursday night meeting. 

The discussion regarding Guillory's termination will happen in closed session, but the board will vote publicly on the matter. The district sent a note home to parents the Friday before winter break that Guillory was "relieved of her duties." 

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Rebecca Carballo

Rebecca Carballo is an education reporter covering the Houston Independent School District for the Houston Chronicle.

She spent her first two years at the Chronicle on the business desk where she covered health care and the economy. Before coming to Houston in 2020, Rebecca covered immigration and Albany suburbs while at the Times Union. She also worked as a city hall reporter for the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia.

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