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School starts soon in Fort Worth. Here’s when
School bells will be ringing soon. Public schools in the Fort Worth area kick off the 2024-25 academic year, with start dates of Aug. 5 through Aug. 15, depending on the district. Here’s when traditional public schools and charter schools in the city are scheduled to hold their first day...
Students of the week: Maddison Callan and Kacey Summerville of Brewer High School in White Settlement ISD
Brewer High School students Maddison Callan and Kacey Summerville won second place in their division in the Agriscience Fair Social Systems Contest at the 96th annual Texas FFA State Convention. The contest topic was “Unleashing the Truth: Identifying Canine Stereotypes.” The students surveyed more than 300 individuals and researched common...
Weatherford College moves forward with computer science bachelor’s degree
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has given the green light for a fifth bachelor’s degree at Weatherford College. Pending accreditation and board approval, the Bachelor of Applied Arts and Sciences in Computer Science will begin in the Fall 2025 semester and be offered in a hybrid format. Dr. Linda Robinson will serve as the program director while the college searches for a director with a discipline-specific degree.
Records reveal Fort Worth school board didn’t evaluate Ramsey based on STAAR
The Fort Worth ISD school board did not evaluate its superintendent using the district’s recent STAAR results, according to records obtained by the Fort Worth Report. Superintendent Angélica Ramsey’s performance was evaluated using six academic goals and other metrics that included community relations, finance, leadership and staff relationships. Several of the academic goals were based on the MAP test, which tracks academic growth and is administered at the beginning, middle and end of the school year.
HSC's Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine's Elite Status Reaches Top Tier
The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth’s Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine maintained its elite status in 2024 as U.S. News & World Report ranked the college on Tuesday as a Tier 1 medical school for primary care in its best medical school rankings. Among...
District 3-6A Season Preview
District 3-6A will look different than in previous years. The Crowley schools, Boswell, and Weatherford remain from the previous alignment, but this time, they are joined by the Mansfield schools. North Crowley will be the favorite after reaching the state semifinals in 2023. However, the battle for the playoff spots...
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