De Zavala Elementary will close in about three months after school district officials announced this week they would be moving up its scheduled closure by a year.
Administrators with the Fort Worth Independent School District informed families on Wednesday night of the update to the school’s closure, citing structural issues at the district’s nearby Montessori campus that require those students to be relocated to De Zavala’s building. Officials also pointed to a continued decline in enrollment and the transfer of the De Zavala’s principal to West Handley Elementary as reasons behind the change.
The news was announced during a community meeting at the campus in Fort Worth’s Fairmount neighborhood and in an email message to parents…