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Teachers and principals at seven persistently failing Fort Worth schools must reapply for their jobs for next school year if trustees approve a turnaround plan next week.

Facing possible state intervention, Lake Worth ISD leaders said closing Marilyn Miller Language Academy is not feasible. Those elementary-age children have no other option if the failing school is shuttered.

A new Texas law requires that students have consent to see a school nurse, but FWISD officials didn鈥檛 send out such forms until Sept. 5, four days after the law took effect.

Fort Worth ISD Superintendent Karen Molinar made clear Tuesday that students can鈥檛 afford to wait for the state to decide the district鈥檚 fate, even as Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath plans to visit Thursday.

Child Care Associates is resuming Head Start programming.

The June 12 filing argues that Keller ISD鈥檚 at-large voting system for school board members violates the Voting Rights Act and the U.S. Constitution by diluting the political voice of Hispanic voters.

Parents with pre-K students are eligible to receive funds in the new education savings account program, marking an expansion of publicly funded early education. The public funds would be used to pay for pre-K tuition at private or community-based child care centers, if they qualify under Senate Bill 2.

Students urged FWISD to keep their schools open. Hours later, trustees voted unanimously to close 14 more campuses by 2029.

Newly elected and reelected school board trustees took their oaths last week across Tarrant County, finalizing outcomes from May elections that once again saw low voter turnout.

Reynolds, a leader of the nonprofit R4 Foundation, stood at the lectern with a message for Fort Worth ISD trustees: Make the difficult decision. For the sake of the children, she said.

The district passed a $315 million bond to renovate or rebuild a slate of aging schools. Demographers projected the district would add nearly 2,000 students by 2028. And plans were already in motion to modernize campuses like Whitley Road and Parkview elementaries.

The Texas education commissioner issued a letter to FWISD leaders detailing next steps after a now-closed school failed for five years.