FORT WORTH, Texas — As Fort Worth ISD prepares to possibly lose local control of its schools, Houston ISD is in its third year of state oversight.

On Wednesday, Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath sent a letter to the Fort Worth ISD board of trustees and Superintendent Karen Molinar informing them of his decision to appoint a board of managers, conservator and superintendent to lead the district.

Following the 2022-2023 school year, a Fort Worth ISD campus received its fifth consecutive unacceptable academic accountability rating, which means the state is required to either take over the district or close the failing campus. Similar circumstances led the state to install a board of managers and a superintendent for Houston ISD.

Morath has boasted significant improvements

See Full Page