Fort Worth ISD's chief financial officer leaving as district faces potential state takeover

Fort Worth Independent School District's chief financial officer is leaving as the district faces a potential state takeover .

Carmer Arrieta-Candelaria joined the district in January 2022. She will leave her position as the district's CFO this month, Fort Worth ISD said.

"During her time in Fort Worth ISD, she led the effort to transform the business operations into a more efficient and effective system through the implementation of a new Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) which combined three systems into one," the district said in a statement. "Other accomplishments include the development of Academic Return On Investment processes into the District as well as various changes in the payroll and contract management processes."

The district said Arrieta-Candelaria will be returning