(The Center Square) – The Texas Education Agency is taking over Fort Worth ISD and replacing its school board, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath told the board in a letter on Thursday.
The state is intervening because its campuses have received an “unacceptable” academic rating for multiple years, including one for five years in a row.
Leadership Academy at Forest Oak received its fifth consecutive failing rating as of the last school year evaluated. Texas Education Code requires mandatory state intervention when this happens. State law requires the commissioner to appoint a new board of managers to govern the school district or close it if “a campus is considered to have an unacceptable performance rating for five consecutive school years.”…