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LAKE WORTH, Texas — Parents, teachers and staff urged state leaders to keep Lake Worth ISD Superintendent Dr. Mark Ramirez during a community meeting Wednesday night, but the Texas Education Agency ...

LAKE WORTH, Texas — The Texas Education Agency (TEA) announced Thursday its plan for the future of Lake Worth ISD, including appointing a five-member board of managers and a new superintendent. TEA ...

LAKE WORTH, Texas — Lake Worth ISD will be taken over by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), Commissioner Mike Morath announced Thursday. Similar to the letter in October announcing the TEA's intent to ...

Lake Worth ISD's new leader comes to the district from Houston ISD, another district under state takeover.

Dr. Ena Meyers was chosen as the superintendent to lead the district’s 3,200 students. She and a board of five managers will be tasked with improving student performance districtwide. The new ...

The Texas Education Agency has seized control of two more school districts in April, citing years of failing performance ...

Fifth grader Jesus Cruz squinted at an image of a spiral galaxy, his voice rising just enough to catch the visitor’s ear. “I wonder why it spirals,” he said. Across the classroom, Texas Education ...

Texas Education Commissioner Mike Morath on Thursday named Andrew Kim as a conservator of Lake Worth schools, moving the state takeover of the 3,200-student district into its next phase. Kim, a former ...

Texas Commissioner of Education Mike Morath visited a second Tarrant County school district that’s at risk of a state takeover due to consecutive years of low academic performance. Morath spoke with ...

Burkburnett travels to Lake Worth on Tuesday, Jan. 6 for a league meeting with the Lake Worth Frogs. Tip is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. CST at Lake Worth High School ...