Fort Worth school trustees approve two contracts with Chesapeake
| |Tuesday, May. 14, 2013
FORT WORTH — One new trustee, two incumbents are sworn in at Tuesday night’s Fort Worth school board meeting.
TAKS trouble: Some students still need to pass tests to graduate
| |Thursday, May. 16, 2013
Students will find out this week if they passed the latest round of retests for the state-mandated exams.
School board incumbents, bond packages in tight races
| |Sunday, May. 12, 2013
School board trustees throughout Tarrant County trailed in their re-election bids late Saturday — including Fort Worth Trustees Carlos Vasquez and Juan A. Rangel.
Students turn to limos for safe, fun rides to prom
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
Chauffeurs, parents work together to lay down the rules before Tarrant County teens load up.
New UTA president will make $485,000
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
ARLINGTON — Vistasp Karbhari will replace outgoing UTA President James Spaniolo on June 1.
Texas Dems hold water money hostage for school funding
| |Friday, May. 10, 2013
Gov. Rick Perry threatens a special session unless lawmakers agree to tax cuts and funding for water infrastructure.
Area students win National Merit scholarships
| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013
Additional scholarship winners will be announced on May 29 and July 15.
UTA faces a fine of $82,500 for incorrectly reporting campus crimes
| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013
ARLINGTON — The Department of Education sent school officials a letter last month about the ‘serious’ violations.
Facts need no embellishing in Arlington board races
| |Thursday, May. 09, 2013
Linebarger lawyers fuel challengers to incumbent trustees.
Fort Worth school, water elections a tale of two cities -- and cash
| |Wednesday, May. 08, 2013
Dallas campaign donations are defended as backing property rights and the “little guy.”
Three students hurt in a collision between a bus and a car in Mansfield
| |Tuesday, May. 07, 2013
MANSFIELD — None of the injuries are considered life-threatening, said Richie Escovedo, spokesman for Mansfield public schools.
Reading, writing and coding -- the basics of the future
| |Monday, May. 06, 2013
FORT WORTH — Entrepreneurs, educators and celebrities push for more students to learn how to write computer programs.
Candidates for Fort Worth school board collect cash for race
| |Monday, May. 06, 2013
FORT WORTH — Two challengers get $2,000 each from Greater Fort Worth Association of Realtors.
Fort Worth will offer military history course in the fall
| |Friday, May. 03, 2013
FORT WORTH — Cadets in Fort Worth’s JROTC program will be the first to take a new military history course developed by a national veterans education organization.
Resident questions Birdville trustee’s support of bond election
| |Thursday, May. 02, 2013
The president of the Birdville High School Basketball Boosters Club said he believed a school board member crossed the line in an email about the upcoming bond election
Dallas money is funding Fort Worth school board incumbents’ campaigns
| |Thursday, May. 02, 2013
Finance reports show it’s the challengers who have local backing.
Marketer sued by Arlington schools over use of logos
| |Tuesday, Apr. 30, 2013
ARLINGTON — The school district sues a Michigan firm for profits from retail sales of unauthorized T-shirts, hoodies and other spirit items.
Birdville looks at ways to improve school security
| |Saturday, Apr. 27, 2013
Officials may hire a sergeant to communicate with police.
Area high school seniors win National Merit scholarships
| |Saturday, Apr. 27, 2013
Fourteen students from area high schools have won National Merit scholarships to attend colleges and universities next year.
Five candidates are running for two seats on the Fort Worth school board
| |Thursday, Apr. 25, 2013
All say they want to increase parent involvement in district schools.
