Jacob Sanchez
Journalist at Fort Worth Report
@fortworthreport journalist covering education | Past: @tdtnews @TexasTribune @TexasObserver | @stedwardsu alum | West Texan | [email protected]
Articles
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4 weeks ago |
fortworthreport.org | Matthew Sgroi |Jacob Sanchez
Superintendent Karen Molinar saw the same problem over and over as she visited classrooms across Fort Worth ISD. Different classrooms, teaching the same grade level and the same subject — with wildly different expectations. “We must be consistent,” Molinar said during a May 20 board meeting. That edict formed the heart of Molinar’s redesign of instruction ahead of the 2025-26 school year.
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4 weeks ago |
fortworthreport.org | Jacob Sanchez
The Fort Worth ISD school board approved more than $109 million in purchases during its April 22 meeting. Trustees approved 10 items each worth over $1 million. Half of them were related to the 2021 and 2017 bonds. The remaining five included $8.4 million for new instructional materials for the 2025-26 school year, almost $2 million for supplemental student devices and $1.4 million for air conditioning upgrades at Dolores Huerta Elementary.
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1 month ago |
fortworthreport.org | Jacob Sanchez
Principal Winston McCowan wove between the tables in Chisholm Trail High School’s cafeteria. A group of students flagged him down and invited their principal to join their livestream. McCowan wasn’t sure how many people were tuned in, but it didn’t matter. His job is to connect with students. They fired off a hard-hitting question: What do you like about being a principal?
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1 month ago |
fortworthreport.org | Jacob Sanchez
All he wanted was Play-Doh. Purple Play-Doh. Rose Jones didn’t have any. In fact, purple Play-Doh was nowhere to be found on the floor of Cook Children’s Medical Center where she volunteered. 52 Faces of Community is a Fort Worth Report weekly series spotlighting local unsung heroes. It is sponsored by Central Market, H-E-B and JPS Health Network.
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1 month ago |
texasstandard.org | Jacob Sanchez |Matthew Sgroi
Westpark. Tanglewood. Overton Park. Kelly Moreno listed off the elementaries and compared them to her child’s campus, De Zavala. All four are A-rated campuses. Yet De Zavala has an enrollment with higher percentages of students from low-income families and is demographically closer to the overall district. “Only one of these four schools is slated for closure,” Moreno said. “ There are hard, smart decisions and there are hard, misguided decisions.
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