Jacob Sanchez | Fort Worth Report

Fort Worth ISD wants an in-depth review of Education Commissioner Mike Morath’s decision to take control of its schools.

Fort Worth ISD officials are watching for enrollment dips below 500 students, including Monnig and Daggett middle schools.

Michael Crain was arrested Saturday, according to jail records.

The education commissioner attributed the takeover of the district to academic and governance issues that lingered unaddressed “for too long.”

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’s elected trustees are appealing TEA’s 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’s largest school district.

A former middle school teacher who served as New Mexico’s 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.