Fort Worth ISD Puts Up Internet Towers Throughout City To Help Underserved Neighborhoods
Fort Worth ISD has put up internet towers throughout the city in an effort to provide service to underserved communities ahead of the new school year.
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Fort Worth ISD has put up internet towers throughout the city in an effort to provide service to underserved communities ahead of the new school year.
Good news for some parents and classroom teachers in the Fort Worth Independent School District who won't have to buy classroom supplies for the 2021-2022 school year.
The Board of Education approved Tuesday night, the rental of three mobile trailers that will allow for raising of temporary cell tower sites in three different neighborhoods.
FWISD said Monday, it is partnering with anti-human trafficking nonprofit organizations, Unbound North Texas and 3Strands Global Foundation.
More school districts are adjusting their graduation because of the extreme heat in North Texas.
Parents in at least three North Texas school districts filed court petitions this week connected to mask policies that remain in place for students, even as mandates have been removed from the rest of the state.
After a challenging school year, area districts are navigating their way back to normal, but some are asking what normal should now look like.
The Fort Worth ISD is teaming with Texas Health Resources to provide COVID-19 vaccinations to all school district employees -- including part-time and substitute employees.
Class will return as all-virtual learning Thursday, Feb. 18, and Friday, Feb. 19 for Dallas ISD. Forth Worth ISD will announce decision Wednesday.
Dallas and Fort Worth ISDs, the largest school districts in the area, both pivoted to 100% online learning on Thursday.
A wintry mix, including sleet, is falling across parts of North Texas making for a potentially treacherous commute and impacting several of the largest school districts in the Metroplex.
At least four Fort Worth ISD high school musical organizations will appear in a Christmas Day Music Special on KTVT CBS 11.
"Our campus-based educators are on the front lines every day," Dr. Scribner wrote in a letter to Gov. Abbott.
Work on the approximately 13-by-26 foot mural, at 1900 8th Ave in Fort Worth, got underway during the Thanksgiving break.
Thousands of Fort Worth ISD teachers received an email from UT-Southwestern Medical Center on Thursday asking them to take part in a COVID-19 prevalence study.
The Fort Worth ISD is participating in a voluntary study examining the prevalence of COVID-19 infections and exposure in North Texas and why certain people are more affected than others.
The pilot program uses the Abbott rapid antigen test, with results in about 15 minutes.
"We realize there's a huge, hidden crisis," said Hailly Korman, a senior associate partner at Bellwether Education Partners, the nonprofit organization that published the report.
Investigators believe the suspect is responsible for four fires at Fort Worth ISD properties along with a fire in a parking garage in the West Seventh district and a grocery store in south Fort Worth.
The FWISD held a socially distanced school board meeting that lasted more than 10 hours and after all was said and done members voted to delay optional, in-person learning until October 16.
As it stands now, Fort Worth ISD students can go back to the classroom in two weeks, but the school board could take a vote Tuesday to delay the return.
Birdville ISD is going a step beyond some North Texas districts by telling parents how many students and teachers have COVID-19 in their schools.
During a special board meeting Tuesday evening, the Fort Worth ISD Board of Education affirmed a plan to offer in-person instruction for students.
Close contact is defined by the schools as anyone who came within six feet of the infected person for more than 15 minutes.
The morning started off with a Facebook post by the district that their website was failing to load, but that it wouldn't impact its learning platforms.
