No.
Forest Oak Sixth Grade, a now-closed neighborhood school, triggered a law that could allow the Texas Education Agency to take over Fort Worth ISD.
Before its closure, the traditional public school was part of a partnership between Fort Worth ISD and Texas Wesleyan University. The college ran day-to-day operations, but the district maintained oversight.
The school received a failing grade in the state’s accountability ratings system for five consecutive years.
Reaching that threshold requires the state’s top education official to either close the school or remove locally elected school board members and appoint a board of managers to run the district.
For comparison, charter schools, which are publicly funded and independent of traditional school districts, can be closed after receiving three failures in academic or financial performance.
TEA is still determining next steps for possible intervention in Fort Worth ISD, with a decision expected later in summer 2025.
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