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Fort Worth Independent School District Superintendent Peter Licata at the bus barn before the start of the first day of school on Aug. 10, 2026, in Fort Worth.<\/p>\n
Amanda McCoy<\/p>\n
FORT WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM<\/p>\n
After announcing before the school year began that it had zero classroom teaching vacancies<\/a>, Fort Worth ISD\u2019s recruiting website now lists dozens of openings across the district<\/a>, as of Sept. 30.<\/p>\n Fort Worth ISD has also posted job openings on its social media accounts in recent days and weeks, including teaching openings at more than 20 campuses. The district held a job fair on Sept. 26 at Benbrook Middle-High School.<\/p>\n A spokesperson for Fort Worth ISD did not immediately respond to the Star-Telegram\u2019s request for comment on the teaching openings.<\/p>\n According to posts on the district\u2019s social media accounts, the following campuses have teaching openings:<\/p>\n Natha Howell ElementaryW.J. Turner ElementaryOakhurst ElementaryMeadowbrook MiddleEastern Hills HighCarroll Peak ElementaryMary Louise Phillips ElementaryVan Zandt-Guinn ElementaryWilliam James MiddleArlington Heights HighTrimble Tech HighWestern Hills HighChristine C. Moss ElementaryClifford Davis ElementarySunrise-McMillan ElementaryRosemont MiddleWedgwood MiddleBenbrook Middle-HighApplied Learning AcademyO.D. Wyatt HighSouthwest HighSouth Hills High<\/p>\n Dozens more campuses have openings for teaching assistants, according to the district\u2019s social media posts.<\/p>\n On Frontline, the district\u2019s job portal, as of Wednesday morning there were 27 classroom elementary and secondary teaching openings; seven classroom openings for arts, athletics, health and physical education; four classroom special education openings; nine paraprofessional openings; and 13 office support staff openings.<\/p>\n More than 1,000 teachers resigned<\/a> or otherwise separated from Fort Worth ISD after the Texas Education Agency took over the district<\/a> in March due to stagnant academic performance. That number was up 58% from last year\u2019s deadline. By last year\u2019s deadline, 648 teachers had announced their resignation.<\/p>\n Before the school year, state-appointed Superintendent Peter Licata said the district\u2019s decision to give classroom teachers a 5% raise<\/a> was a major recruiting tool and made Fort Worth ISD an attractive destination for teachers in nearby districts. It also helped district leaders quickly fill a higher-than-usual number of openings, he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were over 1,000 separations, and those happened for various reasons,\u201d Licata said before the school year. \u201cBut starting a school year with zero teaching vacancies, that is unprecedented.\u201d<\/p>\n On Aug. 11, the day district leaders announced Fort Worth ISD would begin the school year with zero teaching vacancies, its recruiting website still showed zones of openings for teaching jobs.<\/p>\n Those positions included: dyslexia teachers, arts, athletics, health and physical education teachers, CTE teachers and special education teachers. There were also vacancies for bilingual support teachers, speech language pathologists, school psychologists, dyslexia specialists, inclusion teachers and bilingual support specialists. Those openings weren\u2019t counted toward the zero vacancies reported by the district because they were not core classroom teachers.<\/p>\n Some of those positions, including dyslexia teachers and speech language pathologists, were cut by the district as part of a major reduction in force shortly after the TEA takeover. Licata said the district needed to make cuts because it had still employed the number of staffers it did when its enrollment was 10,000 students higher.<\/p>\n Several parents told the Star-Telegram that their child\u2019s teacher was changed during the first few weeks of the school year as the district worked to restructure employees to evenly distribute staff.<\/p>\n \u201cMy son is at Rolling Hills Elementary and three weeks in, his teachers were changed,\u201d said Angie Still, a parent of two Fort Worth ISD students. \u201cThat\u2019s not a great look, especially for younger kids.\u201d<\/p>\n Fort Worth ISD leaders previously announced in August they were reassigning staff to new campuses<\/a> to address teacher imbalances across the district. In a statement, Licata said staffing imbalances resulted in some classrooms having over 35 students, while others had fewer than 10. Staff leveling allowed the district to \u201cmore equitably distribute employees and resources,\u201d Licata said.<\/p>\n \u201cEvery single classroom has a teacher in front of them,\u201d Licata said before the school year. \u201cWe also have additional teachers at the district office waiting to make sure that no one calls out sick. That is unprecedented in Fort Worth, and it\u2019s unprecedented in many other districts.\u201d<\/p>\n This story was originally published September 30, 2026 at 3:32 PM.<\/p>\n Related Stories from Fort Worth Star-Telegram<\/p>\n