Matthew Sgroi
Education Reporter at Fort Worth Report
Education Reporter for @fortworthreport | TCU Alum
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1 week ago |
fortworthreport.org | Matthew Sgroi
Less than 24 hours after the Texas House passed a historic school voucher-like bill, Fort Worth ISD board candidates responded in near unison: Public dollars should stay in public schools. “This is a money grab,” Fort Worth ISD District 7 challenger Terry Roach said. “It’s hard for me to understand how anyone can support this plan.
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1 week ago |
fortworthreport.org | Matthew Sgroi
Fort Worth’s Northside could get a brand new school by 2029, but only if two campuses close and another is torn down. The proposal, which Fort Worth ISD leaders shared with parents during an April 15 community meeting at North Side High School, calls for the closures of Kirkpatrick Elementary and Kirkpatrick Middle School and the partial demolition of J.P. Elder Middle School. A new campus would be built in its place.
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1 week ago |
fortworthreport.org | Matthew Sgroi
Tarrant County homeowners may notice a new kind of mailer this week — a postcard informing them that their property’s assessed value hasn’t changed. The notices are part of the Tarrant Appraisal District’s updated communications strategy, prompted by a reappraisal plan approved last year that freezes residential property values for 2025. In previous years, homeowners would not have received any notice if their value stayed the same.
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1 week ago |
fortworthreport.org | Matthew Sgroi
Jeffrey Snyder, a top administrator at Trinity Valley School, filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Fort Worth private school of retaliation and defamation tied to the fallout from a teacher misconduct scandal that has sparked multiple lawsuits. Snyder, who has served as the school’s assistant head since 2021, alleged the school effectively forced him out after he raised concerns about the board’s treatment of then-Head of School Blair Lowry.
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1 week ago |
fortworthreport.org | Matthew Sgroi
Fort Worth ISD is focusing its future on literacy. As the district works to rebuild trust in its ability to improve student outcomes, school board candidates in the May 3 election are offering their own ideas for how to support — or reshape — the turnaround effort already underway. Find all of our Tarrant election stories on Election Central.
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