After wrong winner was announced, school will have two homecoming queens

ATLANTA — A local high school will have two homecoming queens.

The school crowned the wrong student - and one girl's family believes it was on purpose.

Channel 2's Audrey Washington spoke with Atlanta Public Schools about this and they admitted a mistake was made and plan to crown the actual winner, but the student's father says that's not enough.

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The father of Derrie Jones, Derrick, told Washington he is beyond upset by what happened.

"They crowned the wrong person," he said. "They didn't want my daughter to win."

He said his daughter ran for Douglass High School homecoming queen but said she was robbed of the title, when another student was crowned.

Jones told Washington his daughter actually got more votes, but says it was a school staff member who switched the names. He believes it was on purpose.

“We believe it was a planned thing and that’s my point. Another teacher at the time tried to tell them they were doing it and instead of stopping the event, they continued on and did it anyway,” he explained.

Thursday, Washington called Atlanta Public Schools, they say after an investigation, it was found that a mistake was made. They said quote:

"It's alleged that a staff member made a unilateral decision that resulted in the error. The actions of the staff member are being investigated and appropriate disciplinary action will be taken."

As for a solution, the school went on to state:

"Principal Ellis Duncan has decided to correct the improper action by allowing both students to represent the school as Miss Douglass."

But having two homecoming queens doesn’t sit well with Jones.

“Both of these girls have to share this crown now. My daughter won with 83 percent of the vote," he said. “Regardless of what reason, this shouldn’t have been done.”

Washington asked the district why the mistake was made in the first place. They told her that was still under investigation.

As for the now, the second Miss Douglass will be crowned at the school’s pep rally.

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