Fort Worth students will learn about reading through new materials that include Bible stories starting next year after trustees adopted Texas-developed lessons.

FWISD Superintendent Karen Molinar said she pored through Bluebonnet Learning lesson by lesson and determined it was the best choice to ignite further academic improvement.

“This is not because of a threat of a takeover,” Molinar said, referring to the potential removal by the state of both superintendent and locally elected trustees over a persistently failing school that’s now closed.

The school trustees’ 6-3 decision late Tuesday night came after Molinar laid out why Bluebonnet was the best choice for students and a debate among the board over religion.

Trustees Wallace Bridges, Quinton Phillips and Camille Rodriguez voted

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