FORT WORTH, Texas — With the new school year just days away, families in Fort Worth ISD are bracing for more than just first-day jitters. The looming possibility of a state takeover continues to cast a shadow over one of Texas’ largest and lowest-performing school districts.

The Texas Education Agency (TEA) has not made a final decision, but TEA Commissioner Mike Morath confirmed in a Senate Education Committee Hearing on Wednesday that the idea of replacing the Fort Worth school board remains under consideration , and a resolution will come sometime this fall.

“I'll be going back and doing on-site visits as soon as school starts up,” Morath said during a legislative hearing. “I want to get a good basis of the facts on the ground.”

The potential intervention stems from years of unde

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