Silas Allen
Education Enterprise Reporter at Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Education enterprise reporter for @StarTelegram. Before: @Dallas_Observer, @TheOklahoman_. Stroke survivor, Missourian, Mizzou alum. No sniveling.
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2 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Silas Allen
The Fort Worth Independent School District’s board approved a budget on Tuesday evening that leaves the district in a financial hole — but one district leaders expect to be able to climb partway out of in the next few months. The board voted unanimously to approve a $43.6 million deficit budget for the 2025-26 school year. But district leaders expect that number to shrink to $33 million in the coming months as funding measures that Texas lawmakers recently passed come into effect.
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1 month ago |
star-telegram.com | Silas Allen
The Fort Worth Independent School District's board voted Tuesday to approve a plan to close 16 schools over the next four years. The closures the board approved Tuesday are in addition to two others the board had already approved. District officials say the cuts will allow them to redirect millions of dollars toward academic priorities. The board approved the plan by an 8-0 vote, with board member Wallace Bridges absent.
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1 month ago |
flipboard.com | Silas Allen
Fort Worth ISD students took to the District Service Center on the night of May 20 with a message: Keep their schools open. For their teachers. For …
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1 month ago |
yahoo.com | Silas Allen
The Fort Worth Independent School District’s board voted Tuesday to approve a plan to close 16 schools over the next four years. The closures the board approved Tuesday are in addition to two others the board had already approved. District officials say the cuts will allow them to redirect millions of dollars toward academic priorities.
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1 month ago |
star-telegram.com | Silas Allen
Students leave West Handley Elementary School in 2022. The campus is one of 18 schools Fort Worth ISD is looking to close. [email protected] Officials in the Fort Worth Independent School District are proposing the closure of 18 campuses following years of declining enrollment. The Fort Worth ISD school board is scheduled to vote on the plan at its May 20 meeting. Take a look at which schools are slated for closure.
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RT @TaliRichman: State Board of Education members signed off on the curriculum, 8-7: https://t.co/XgkYLkVWE6 The narrow vote came down to…
A retractible-roof stadium in Houston being named after an air conditioner manufacturer seems a little on the nose.
Daikin Park. Coming January 2025 https://t.co/8NJbm9cEu1
Fort Worth ISD is (probably) going to close and consolidate some schools in the next few years. I sat in on a meeting where a public task force is trying to figure out how. https://t.co/07ymrHQUfJ