DALLAS — Members of the Fort Worth ISD Board of Trustees plan to present their case to the state Commissioner of Education on Thursday, a week after the TEA announced it would take over the district and appoint a board of managers to govern it.

The Thursday meeting was not described as a formal appeal, but rather an "informal review" and was scheduled by the TEA itself when it announced the state takeover last week.

"The district has a right to participate in an informal review regarding the appointment of both the board of managers and the conservator," TEA Commissioner Mike Morath wrote in his Oct. 23 enforcement letter. "This review [...] serves as an opportunity for the district to present any information or supporting documentation it desires for the commissioner to consider in

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