Tiffany Doolan resigns after Copies of Quran distributed at Wylie East
Wylie Independent School District accepted Tiffany Doolan’s resignation after copies of the Quran and other Islamic materials were distributed at Wylie East High School without required district approval. Doolan stepped down after 19 years with the district, and the resignation was announced May 28.
The district said Doolan notified Superintendent Kim Spicer on May 26. Wylie ISD also said it had implemented corrective measures and strengthened procedures after the February incident at the campus, which is about 20 miles northeast of Dallas.
Wylie East High School incident
The controversy began in February when an outside religious group distributed Quran copies and other Islamic materials on campus during activities connected to the school’s Muslim Student Association and World Hijab Day. Wylie ISD first pointed to a procedural failure after a student posted a viral video about the distribution of Islamic religious literature.
The district’s May 28 statement said, “From the beginning, the district acknowledged that the situation should never have occurred and that serious mistakes were made.” It also said, “The district, Board of Trustees and campus leadership publicly apologized, accepted responsibility for the procedural failure and took immediate action to address the matter.”
Kim Spicer and Marco Hunter-Lopez
Marco Hunter-Lopez later told the House Judiciary Committee that he faced death threats over the video. Photos resurfaced showing Doolan wearing a hijab during earlier student-led World Hijab Day events on campus, and the district said those activities happened before Senate Bill 12 took effect in September 2025.
Wylie ISD said the photos reflected student-led activities and that it was not promoting Islam or any other religion, politics, or ideology. The resignation closes the district’s public response to a campus dispute that had moved from school-level procedure to a broader national conversation, while the district has already said it changed its procedures after the incident.
