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 |
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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2 weeks 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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2 weeks 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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3 weeks 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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3 weeks ago |
star-telegram.com | Silas Allen
Officials in the Fort Worth Independent School District say that closing and consolidating more than a dozen campuses would save the district millions of dollars over the next five years, allowing them to redirect more money toward academic priorities. District officials presented a proposed five-year facilities plan at a school board meeting Tuesday.
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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