LAKE WORTH, Texas — Lake Worth ISD faces a potential state takeover after the newly-released Texas Education Agency (TEA) A-F school accountability ratings for 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 showed an elementary school failing for a fifth consecutive year.

This would be the second school district in Tarrant County to face this intervention, as Fort Worth ISD awaits a decision from Texas Education Agency (TEA) Commissioner Mike Morath in the coming months.

Under Texas law, when a school or district receives a failing grade in the state’s A-F accountability ratings for five consecutive years, it triggers mandatory closure or the possibility of a state-appointed board. For Lake Worth ISD, the school in question is Marilyn Miller Language Academy , which for a 55 out of 100 in the latest rati

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