S.S. Dillow Elementary School is one of the 18 schools Fort Worth ISD will close over the next four years.
The Fort Worth school board voted 8-0 on May 20 to approve a plan to shutter 16 schools between 2026 and 2029. Previously, the district voted to close two schools in June 2025.
These closures are part of the district’s facilities master plan, which is intended to help Fort Worth ISD manage revenue loss from declining enrollment. Officials decided this spring to close S.S. Dillow after the building’s cosmetic defects had been found to be declining rapidly due to “a water leak somewhere within a 2,000 square foot area in the vicinity of the main office and nurse station.”…