Rising second grader Niana Chavez shifted around on the grass near the Bradley Community Center as a lime green balloon bobbed in the breeze.
The 7-year-old and her mother listened to the leader of parental advocacy group Parent Shield explain that the balloons in more than 20 people’s hands represented Fort Worth’s literacy rate. With a flick, the balloons floated into the sky — mirroring the trajectory the gathered parents hoped to see in reading proficiency.
“They symbolize lifting literacy for not only our kids who are here today, but for every kid in the city of Fort Worth,” Parent Shield executive director Trenace Dorsey-Hollins said…