{"id":220087,"date":"2026-03-25T17:59:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/220087\/"},"modified":"2026-03-25T17:59:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-25T17:59:15","slug":"top-hisd-official-hired-to-lead-fort-worth-isd-in-new-takeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/220087\/","title":{"rendered":"Top HISD official hired to lead Fort Worth ISD in new takeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

A top Houston ISD official is joining Fort Worth ISD<\/a> as second-in-command as the Texas Education Agency prepares to take over the North Texas school district.<\/p>\n

Soliz’s appointment signals Fort Worth ISD will likely implement many of the reforms HISD has adopted since its state takeover in 2023.<\/p>\n

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announced\u00a0in December<\/a> that Fort Worth would lose its democratically elected school board and its hired superintendent because of years of failing ratings at a single campus. With more than 70,000 students, Fort Worth ISD is the second-largest district to undergo a takeover. HISD is the largest.<\/p>\n

“Together, under the leadership of Superintendent Dr. Peter Licata, we will improve outcomes for all students,” Soliz wrote on LinkedIn<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Some of Fort Worth’s business leaders toured Houston schools in December with HISD’s state-appointed Superintendent Mike Miles.\u00a0 They said then that they felt encouraged by HISD’s approach to instruction.<\/p>\n

“The bold systemic changes led by Superintendent Miles are positively changing the trajectory of the lives of children,” visiting Fort Worth business chambers said in a joint statement in December. “We are inspired by and appreciative of the thousands of educational leaders in Houston who are implementing new practices elevating the standards for all students.”<\/p>\n

Soliz joined HISD in the summer of 2023. With his departure, HISD West Division Chief Kasey Bailey has assumed his position over the central division, putting her in charge of half of the district.<\/p>\n

\u201cFort Worth wants the best possible academic outcomes for every student, as evidenced by the hundreds of community members that showed their willingness to serve,\u201d Morath said in a statement Tuesday. \u201cPossessing a diverse range of experiences and expertise, the governance and leadership team appointed today is comprised of individuals with an aligned vision and collective belief that all students, when properly supported, can achieve at high levels.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A top Houston ISD official is joining Fort Worth ISD as second-in-command as the Texas Education Agency prepares…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":220088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":{"0":"post-220087","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-fort-worth","9":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","10":"tag-fort-worth-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=220087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/220087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/220088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=220087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=220087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=220087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}