Fort Worth ISD not required to reinstate reassigned Muslim principal, judge rules

The Fort Worth Independent School District will not be forced to reinstate a Muslim principal who was reassigned just after she was promoted in May.Fort Worth ISD Muslim Principal RemovedU.S. District Judge Mark Pittman made the decision on Wednesday, saying that the reassignment of Shayma Alzubi did not harm her employment.Instead, he said she was offered a higher-paying and arguably less stressful position.The judge also said that online threats Fort Worth ISD received following Alzubi’s initial promotion prevented the district from being able to conduct its duties, and that she had not lost her freedom of speech.Alzubi is a longtime educator who is Palestinian and of Muslim faith. In May, she was promoted to the role of principal at Western Hills High School. But weeks later, that promotion was rescinded.The district said the action was due to a pending investigation into Alzubi’s past social media posts on her personal Facebook account. Some of those posts mentioned or highlighted