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The education commissioner attributed the takeover of the district to academic and governance issues that lingered unaddressed 鈥渇or too long.鈥�

An influx of interest for the soon-to-be appointed board of managers for Fort Worth ISD pushed the Texas Education Agency to extend its application deadline.

Fort Worth ISD鈥檚 elected trustees are appealing TEA鈥檚 decision to take control of the 67,500-student district.

Both are educators who voiced their concerns about Texas taking control of FWISD during a forum Thursday evening. More than 150 people attended the meeting at the District Service Center to hear from Texas Education Agency officials about the next steps for the takeover of the city鈥檚 largest school district.

A former middle school teacher who served as New Mexico鈥檚 secretary of education will oversee Fort Worth ISD as Texas takes control.

Fort Worth school leaders met privately in Austin with state officials a week after Texas took control of the 67,500-student district.

A takeover is an intervention by the Texas Education Agency commissioner who replaces an elected school board with a slate of appointed members.

Texas launched its second-largest public school intervention after years of struggling academics.

If a takeover occurs, the state will strip Fort Worth's nine locally elected trustees of their decision-making authority. Morath would appoint a board of managers.

The $60M Legacy Elementary, which honors the Robb Elementary mass shooting victims, opens later in October.

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.

More than 30 people attended a town hall hosted by Leonard鈥檚 group, Families Organized and Resisting Takeover, or FORT, Thursday evening at Greater St. Stephen First Church. The group鈥檚 leaders detailed their plans for the next 60 to 90 days 鈥� or until Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath announces his decision for FWISD.