The principal of a high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been replaced, and multiple employees have been put on administrative leave as the district investigates a drag queen show that took place during prom.
Earlier this week, the chief of Albuquerque Public Schools, Channell Segura, sent parents a letter confirming the performance during April 20’s prom and said an investigation would determine how it happened and how it may have affected students.
Segura was unavailable for comment on Friday. In the letter, she did not say whether the replacement of Atrisco Heritage Academy High School’s principal was related to the drag performance.
In a video on TikTok, students can be seen gathering around the performer in thigh-high black boots and a matching body suit as the performer bends over, squats, and dances provocatively.
NBC News affiliate KOB 4 in Albuquerque identified the performer as drag queen Mythica Sahreen.
Sahreen told the station that he previously worked with the Gay-Straight Alliance and was invited to perform at the prom. He did not say who invited him.
On the school’s official Facebook page, several people expressed disappointment and frustration over the performance.
“Every staff member who knew anything about that disgusting spectacle at prom should be fired,” wrote a poster named Kristin Arnold Waide. “Immediately.”
Another poster, identified as Paul Miller, wrote, “How wicked and morally corrupt must people be to allow this? Whoever approved this should not be allowed anywhere near children.”
A poster named Robb Vann said the performance resembled grooming and predatory behavior.
“What do y’all teach the students there? Did not one person on staff stand up and say anything?” Vann wrote.
It was unclear whether the posters were parents of students at the school.
