Some Irvin High School students protest reassigned prinicpal

Students and faculty at Irvin High School are very upset about their principal, Laron Sharp, was reassigned to Andress High.

One student said the Superintendent’s decision to reassign Sharp was a big mistake.

“He needs to know its a very big mistake and everybody is human,” the student said. “He made that decision not knowing what he took away from us.”

Students and faculty told ABC-7 they are worried this may be in relation to consolidating the two schools (Andress and Irvin), but an EPISD spokeswoman said that is not the case.

Melissa Martinez, with EPISD, said Sharp’s reassignment was unrelated to possible consolidation or merging with schools in EPISD.

But a large majority of students said they need Sharp, and he had a large positive impact on the student body and throughout the community.

“He loves you, he knows you by name, and there isn’t a person on campus that loves this school more than he does that’s why he needs to be here,” another teacher said.

As for now, they are doing everything they can to get Mr. Sharp back to the school where he belongs.