{"id":416451,"date":"2026-08-25T18:06:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:06:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416451\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T18:06:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T18:06:13","slug":"fort-worth-isd-principal-placed-on-leave-reasons-unknown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/416451\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth ISD principal placed on leave, reasons unknown"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd., on April 22, 2026, in Fort Worth, Texas. The principal at Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School in the district was placed on leave, and the school has new leadership.<\/p>\n

Abigail Dollins<\/p>\n

Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n

The principal of Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School was placed on administrative leave, and the school is now under new leadership.<\/p>\n

District officials sent a letter to families that said principal Paola Rodriguez was on a leave of absence. Rian Townsend, an executive director for Fort Worth ISD, will serve as the acting principal, the district said in a statement.<\/p>\n

The district said it could not disclose why Rodriguez was on leave, as it involves personnel information.<\/p>\n

During the first week of school, a Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School teacher was placed on leave over allegations of an inappropriate relationship with a student<\/a>. The district did not answer whether the two cases are related.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe district\u2019s priority remains ensuring that Diamond Hill-Jarvis High School continues to provide a safe, supportive and academically focused environment for every student,\u201d the district said in a statement.<\/p>\n

This story was originally published August 25, 2026 at 9:58 AM.<\/p>\n

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Maven Navarro is a local news reporter at the Star-Telegram. She covers Fort Worth and Tarrant County.\u00a0\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Fort Worth Independent School District Administration building at 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd., on April 22, 2026, in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":343829,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[116,118,117],"class_list":["post-416451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth","tag-fort-worth-headlines","tag-fort-worth-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416451","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=416451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416451\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/343829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}