The state of Texas is taking control of Lake Worth Independent School District, removing its elected school board and superintendent and installing state-appointed leadership after years of low academic performance, according to the Texas Education Agency.
The takeover affects the district northwest of Fort Worth and comes just two months after the state stepped in to run neighboring Fort Worth ISD.
Under Texas law, the TEA is authorized to intervene when a campus or district receives consecutive unacceptable accountability ratings. Lake Worth ISD met that threshold, triggering the state action and ending local governance for the district, at least temporarily…