{"id":407080,"date":"2026-08-15T04:52:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407080\/"},"modified":"2026-08-15T04:52:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-15T04:52:11","slug":"fort-worth-isd-sees-ratings-improvement-as-superintendent-praises-strong-start-to-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/407080\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth ISD sees ratings improvement as superintendent praises strong start to school year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Peter Licata<\/a> said the district had “a really, really good week.”<\/p>\n

“Not everything was perfect, we know that,” Licata said. “With 100+ campuses, you know things are going to go wrong.”<\/p>\n

He described the first week back to school as “not perfect, but a great start.”\u00a0<\/p>\n

The district<\/a> operates under the authority of the Texas Education Agency, and Licata visited William Monnig Middle School on Friday afternoon to see how the first week went.<\/p>\n

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Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Peter Licata \u00a0<\/p>\n

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Monnig Middle School is one of the district’s Elevate campuses, which receive extra staffing and resources to ensure students get the attention they need to succeed. The campus received a D rating from the TEA on Friday when the agency released its annual ratings, but overall, there was improvement for Fort Worth ISD.<\/p>\n

The newly released ratings<\/a> show 17 A\u2011rated campuses and 38 B\u2011rated campuses, compared to 28 last year. The district received 43 C ratings, 19 D ratings (up from 28 last year), and 7 F\u2011rated campuses, down from 11 last year.<\/p>\n

It’s momentum Licata hopes to build on.<\/p>\n

“There’s a buzz in the air,” Licata said. “You saw the process and the systems that are in place with students walking, classroom teaching, teaching going on, on a Friday afternoon after a long week during the first week of school. This is when we have a chance to teach children, we don’t get them on the weekends, we don’t get them at night, when they’re here, we have to teach them.”<\/p>\n

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