A list of 18 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD employees that a former school board member described as  poison teachers  has been released after a yearslong legal battle, leaving some current and former district employees questioning why their names were included.

The list, which includes principals, librarians, teachers and learning liaisons, was brought up publicly in 2022 by former GCISD school board member Tammy Nakamura. During a town hall meeting, Nakamura said she had a list of  poison teachers  she and other board members were working to remove from the district.

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NBC 5 requested the list at the time, but the district sought permission from Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's office to withhold it from the public.

Paxton's office ruled against keeping the list private, prompting the district to sue the attorney general, arguing that his ruling was incorrect.


The case remained in court for years before a new school board and superintendent agreed to drop the lawsuit and release the list.

Among the employees named was Angie Connell, a former GCISD teacher who said she was stunned to learn she had been included.

 I'm not a woke teacher and I couldn't even imagine being poisonous. I was very much beloved and it was shocking that I got that call,  Connell said.

Connell said she had received glowing reviews and evaluations during her time with the district and couldn't understand why she would have been considered a problem.

NBC 5 first met Connell in 2018, when GCISD's communications staff identified her as one of the district's best teachers.

At the time, Connell was teaching gifted and talented students, challenging them to turn cardboard boxes left over from holiday deliveries into creative projects.

Years later, Connell said she still couldn't think of anything she had done that would justify being placed on the list.

 There would be nothing I could think of especially four years later that would be directed to any board member, community member,
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