Superintendent Ang茅lica Ramsey鈥檚 record with Fort Worth ISD is going under the microscope.
The school board called a special meeting for Sept. 17 to discuss Ramsey鈥檚 contract, a sign that trustees are considering whether she is the right top administrator amid questions about her leadership. The special meeting comes three weeks after Mayor Mattie Parker said a leadership vacuum existed in the school district after a decade of .
The for 5:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the District Service Center, 7060 Camp Bowie Blvd.
Tensions between the school board and Ramsey, who receives an annual salary of $335,000, reached a boiling point after Parker spoke to trustees during their regular meeting in late August. In February, Ramsey said the school board over differences about her evaluation.
In July, the school board gave Ramsey , the lowest contractually obligated amount, and did not extend her contract past its end date of July 26, 2026.
One of the school board鈥檚 primary responsibilities is to hire and evaluate 鈥� or fire 鈥� their school district鈥檚 superintendent, the sole district employee who reports directly to trustees.
The catalyst for Parker鈥檚 comments was, as she described it, the .
State standardized test data from spring 2024 shows the district trailing 11 percentage points behind Dallas ISD, 14 points behind Houston ISD and 18 behind Brownsville ISD.
Across all subjects, 1 in 4 students in Fort Worth ISD met grade level. About 1 in 3 students met grade level in reading, while 1 in 4 met grade level in math.
Ramsey鈥檚 July evaluation was .
when administrators released district-calculated and self-reported A-F accountability ratings for 2023 and 2024, two years when the state was legally barred from issuing official grades for Texas schools. during a Sept. 10 school board workshop meeting.
Teachers throughout the district over Ramsey鈥檚 leadership. A group of educators told the Report they deal with mounds of paperwork to meet district leaders鈥� calls for data-driven instruction; technology issues that plague students and staff; and campuses that are limited in managing discipline issues.
The educators traced the impetus of these concerns to recommended by Ramsey in early 2024, which laid off campus instructional coaches, employees in the technology department and other specialists.
. She was previously the superintendent of Midland ISD in West Texas for one year and eight months.
Jacob Sanchez is a senior education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at jacob.sanchez@fortworthreport.org or .
Matthew Sgroi is an education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. Contact him at matthew.sgroi@fortworthreport.org or .
