{"id":24606,"date":"2025-10-28T15:05:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:05:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/24606\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:05:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:05:09","slug":"teachers-react-to-texas-education-agency-takeover-of-fort-worth-isd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/24606\/","title":{"rendered":"Teachers React To Texas Education Agency Takeover Of Fort Worth ISD"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Fort Worth ISD now under the oversight of the Texas Education Agency (TEA), teachers are expressing concern about the future of their schools and students.<\/p>\n

The state intervention follows years of academic underperformance at a now-closed campus that triggered mandatory action under Texas law. The TEA formally announced the takeover last week, citing a statute requiring state intervention when a campus receives failing ratings for five consecutive years.<\/p>\n

Under the plan, Education Commissioner Mike Morath will appoint a new board made up of Fort Worth\u00a0parents, community members, and professionals. The board will oversee the district until it meets state academic benchmarks for several consecutive years \u2014 a process that could take considerable time.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe were swamped yesterday with phone calls and emails,\u201d said<\/a> Executive Director of the United Educators Association, Steven Poole, according to WFAA. \u201cMany teachers are asking what\u2019s next for Fort Worth ISD\u2014for their schools, their students, and themselves.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe fear of the unknown is valid,\u201d Poole said, according to WFAA.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we validate their concerns, we validate their emotions. We saw it in Houston \u2014 when the state took over Houston, teachers fled that district. I bet we\u2019re going to see the exact same thing here in Fort Worth.\u201d<\/p>\n

Despite the uncertainty, Poole praised Superintendent Karen Molinar as the type of leader Fort Worth ISD needs during the transition.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe\u2019s the leader that Fort Worth needs right now,\u201d Poole said. \u201cIn the small amount of time she\u2019s been superintendent, we\u2019ve seen remarkable achievement increases.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou go to any Fort Worth school, you\u2019re going to see great teaching and good learning going on,\u201d Poole added.<\/p>\n

Molinar, who took over earlier this year, acknowledged the TEA intervention but said she remains focused on student success.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s been a long day,\u201d Molinar said. \u201cFocused. I think that\u2019s the right word\u2014really focused right now on making sure our students are kept at the forefront,\u201d she told<\/a> WFAA.<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Mayor Mattie Parker also expressed support for keeping Molinar in her role, telling Education Commissioner Mike Morath she wants continuity in district leadership.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m going to tell the parents\u2014we own that, but we\u2019re doing something about it. And now we\u2019re committed to making sure we accelerate your child,\u201d Molinar said.<\/p>\n

The TEA\u2019s decision marks one of the largest state interventions in Texas public education since the 2023 takeover of Houston ISD, which remains under state management. Fort Worth officials said they hope lessons learned from Houston will help ease the transition and limit classroom disruptions.<\/p>\n

Community leaders and parents are expected to weigh in during upcoming public meetings as the state outlines its plan for selecting a new board of managers and setting performance goals for the district.<\/p>\n

The TEA has not yet announced the full timeline for appointing the new board of managers, although applications are open through Nov. 21, 2025, and interim leadership will remain until early 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Fort Worth ISD now under the oversight of the Texas Education Agency (TEA), teachers are expressing concern…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":24607,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[17512,116,118,8257,117,14260,7395,14358,17511,6549,2810,126],"class_list":["post-24606","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-education-commissioner","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-isd","tag-fort-worth-news","tag-karen-molinar","tag-mike-morath","tag-state-intervention","tag-steven-poole","tag-tea","tag-texas-education-agency","tag-wfaa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24606","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=24606"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24606\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24607"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24606"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24606"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24606"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}