Robert Kimball made national news in February 2003 when he reported to a television station the irregularities of dropout rates in his district. He was then the assistant principal of Sharpstown Senior High School in Houston. Long-troubled schools that typically reported dropout rates of 30 and 40 percent suddenly reported dramatically lower numbers. According to Robert Kimball, these figures were fake and the records were altered. A state investigation of district middle and high schools in 2000-2001 in Texas later determined that the district had underreported dropouts by 2,999 students. This article describes what made Kimball reveal the dropout cover-up and the hard consequences he faced after reporting the irregularities.