The board of managers appointed by the Texas Education Agency to lead the Fort Worth ISD wants to hear from the community on Monday night.
The interim board has called for a listening session to be held at the Junior League of Fort Worth at 6 p.m. on Aug. 31.
The session will run for about 90 minutes, during which the board of managers hopes to hear from stakeholders and the community as it prepares goals and guardrails to track the district’s progress since the state took over the district
TEA Commissioner Mike Morath announced in October 2025 that the agency was taking over management of the school district after the elected school board “failed the students” and didn’t implement changes that would improve performance for several consecutive years.
When a school in a district fails to meet accountability standards for five consecutive years, the TEA is required by state law to intervene in what is commonly called a “state takeover,” where the commissioner must either close the failing school or replace the district’s elected school board with a state-appointed board of managers.
Last October, Morath said the academic problems in Fort Worth extend beyond one troubled campus, and that districtwide, only 34% of students in the Fort Worth ISD were meeting grade-level requirements, 16 percentage points below the state average.
In March, Morath named Dr. Peter B. Licata as the new superintendent of Fort Worth ISD.
Earlier this month, the TEA released annual accountability scores for all Texas schools. The Fort Worth ISD was up four points year-over-year, increasing from 73 to 77. This grade reflects the changes FWISD made last year, trying to stave off a state takeover while under the leadership of former superintendent Dr. Karen Molinar.