A Fort Worth principal has been fired a month after her arrest on a public intoxication charge after she allegedly left her two preschool-age children alone at the Dallas Adolphus Hotel while she tried to get into a nightclub.
School trustees on Tuesday night voted to fire Carla Westbrook-Spaniel, 44, of Arlington. She had been principal of Elder Middle School for nearly four years.
Superintendent Melody Johnson declined comment on the dismissal, describing it as a personnel issue.
Assistant Principal James Garcia will assume the duties of Westbrooke-Spaniel, who was arrested May 8.
Dallas police say the woman, whose children are ages 3 and 4, scuffled with a bouncer and officers when she was denied entry into a nightclub for her attire. Police later charged Westbrook-Spaniel with two counts of child endangerment.
Westbrook-Spaniel's husband, U.S. Army Reserve Capt. Keith Spaniel, was deployed to Iraq at the time of the incident. He returned home on emergency leave after his wife's arrest.
