Principal Placed On Leave For Including Fetty Wap Lyric In School Yearbook

A principal in Florida has been put on administrative leave following the inclusion of a Fetty Wap lyric in the school yearbook.

Katie O’Connell, the principal at Trout Creek Academy in St. John’s County, is facing disciplinary action for what has been characterized as inappropriate conduct after a line from the rapper’s song “Trap Queen” was printed in the yearbook and attributed to her. O’Connell asserts that she did not approve the line—”Everybody hatin’, we just call them fans though”—to be included in the yearbook and states that it was not part of the final proof she reviewed.

“I did not put the quote in the yearbook, nor did I approve that quote to be in the yearbook,” O’Connell told Action News Jax.

The inclusion of the line has prompted a backlash among parents. O’Connell claims she has experienced harassment as a result of this incident and has sought legal counsel.

“There were certain parents who went straight to the district or straight to the news or straight to Facebook. None of them even called me. All I needed was the time or the opportunity to have fixed an error that was made, and it wasn’t made by me.”

Investigators have yet to determine who added the quote to the yearbook. O’Connell’s leave will continue until the end of her contract on June 30.