Superintendent Scribner has formally adopted the Contract with FWISD Students. This result establishes a clear framework for accountability that we will continue to monitor through the upcoming academic cycles.
January 23, 2022
Final supporters
Let Superintendent Kent Scribner know you want him to publicly adopt the Contract with FWISD Students. None of these goals are disagreeable, and all of them are doable.
If he chooses not to accept this vision for our students we ask the school board to find a superintendent who will.
You’ve seen the academic report cards showing only 25% of 3rd graders passing reading, only 47% of students passing Algebra 1, and the district dead last among the state’s 20 largest ISDs with a C while Dallas and Houston earned high Bs. Families have noticed and are voting no confidence with their feet. Over 12,000 students have fled the district since 2016, a 14% drop in enrollment. The situation is dire for our students and our city.
The district is funded. On top of its annual tax payer supported operating budget of approximately $875 million, FWISD has recently received an additional $2.2 billion in revenue from the 2017 penny swap election, the 2017 bond election, the 2020 tax increase election, hundreds of millions in federal COVID relief, and the 2021 bond election.
Our students need leaders, and leaders need goals. With this in mind, Focus on Students presents the Contract with Fort Worth ISD Students for public adoption by district leadership.
The Contract's 8 achievable goals are:
• Reading at or above state average.
• Math at or above state average.
• No F Schools by 2024.
• No D schools by 2025.
• B+ district by 2026.
• Instructors teaching in their core area.
• Daily attendance at or above state average.
• Key Performance Indicators read at all board and committee meetings.
This vision for our students includes short and long term goals. Regrettably, many plans like this are adopted only to be shelved and forgotten. To keep district leadership on track the Contract includes a dashboard of key performance indicators to be maintained, updated, and read aloud publicly at every meeting of the school board and its committees.
Some folks say FWISD is beyond repair. Others find excuses or blame forces outside district control.
We disagree and offer the example of every other large urban district in Texas as proof that education can improve, that decline is not destiny, and that the children of Fort Worth can have access to the quality education FWISD is charged with providing.
Updates
November 14, 2021
The reach of this petition has shifted the conversation with the district office. Legal counsel is now reviewing the specific contractual language for a formal presentation to the board members. We expect a response to our request for a meeting by the end of the week.
Reached 100 supporters
November 14, 2021
25 Comments
Our public schools should strive to be the best they can be. One key attribute is to be accountable via measures of success.
Improvements in core courses all Goals should be met quarterly or trigger review of Superintendent role.
The contract for students represents a standard that FWISD CAN ACCOMPLISH ! But they will only be able to if they get back to basics and prioritize teaching our children FIRST TO READ, WRITE AND PERFORM MATHMATICS !
As a product and supporter of public schools, I have been disappointed that for 30 years the FWISD has made little improvements in our students success. Despite funding being directed to early childcare from United Way, North Texas Community Foundation and many local private foundations, our children have fallen behind. They deserve better and our community too.
If our kids cant read or do math then how do you expect them to solve the 'climate change crisis'. FWISD is broken, as someone who was hoping to send my kids to public school I am beyond discouraged. Fortune 500 companies also see the same thing. They are avoiding our city because of the failures of FWISD. Maybe quit calling people racist and look in the mirror. DO YOUR JOBS. You have 3 grade schools that are passable, ZERO middle schools worth anything, and from what I've seen and heard about my beloved Paschal (long the only high school in town worth anything) its in major decline. Put lipstick on the pig all you want with new facilities, its not the problem and y'all know it. DO YOUR JOBS, its embarrassing. The KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT!
Horrible ratings for the Fort Worth ISD, which is cheating the students. Scribner needs to go sooner rather than later.
It’s about time!
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Superintendent Scribner has formally adopted the Contract with FWISD Students. This result establishes a clear framework for accountability that we will continue to monitor through the upcoming academic cycles.
January 23, 2022
Final supporters
Let Superintendent Kent Scribner know you want him to publicly adopt the Contract with FWISD Students. None of these goals are disagreeable, and all of them are doable.
If he chooses not to accept this vision for our students we ask the school board to find a superintendent who will.
You’ve seen the academic report cards showing only 25% of 3rd graders passing reading, only 47% of students passing Algebra 1, and the district dead last among the state’s 20 largest ISDs with a C while Dallas and Houston earned high Bs. Families have noticed and are voting no confidence with their feet. Over 12,000 students have fled the district since 2016, a 14% drop in enrollment. The situation is dire for our students and our city.
The district is funded. On top of its annual tax payer supported operating budget of approximately $875 million, FWISD has recently received an additional $2.2 billion in revenue from the 2017 penny swap election, the 2017 bond election, the 2020 tax increase election, hundreds of millions in federal COVID relief, and the 2021 bond election.
Our students need leaders, and leaders need goals. With this in mind, Focus on Students presents the Contract with Fort Worth ISD Students for public adoption by district leadership.
The Contract's 8 achievable goals are:
• Reading at or above state average.
• Math at or above state average.
• No F Schools by 2024.
• No D schools by 2025.
• B+ district by 2026.
• Instructors teaching in their core area.
• Daily attendance at or above state average.
• Key Performance Indicators read at all board and committee meetings.
This vision for our students includes short and long term goals. Regrettably, many plans like this are adopted only to be shelved and forgotten. To keep district leadership on track the Contract includes a dashboard of key performance indicators to be maintained, updated, and read aloud publicly at every meeting of the school board and its committees.
Some folks say FWISD is beyond repair. Others find excuses or blame forces outside district control.
We disagree and offer the example of every other large urban district in Texas as proof that education can improve, that decline is not destiny, and that the children of Fort Worth can have access to the quality education FWISD is charged with providing.
Updates
November 14, 2021
The reach of this petition has shifted the conversation with the district office. Legal counsel is now reviewing the specific contractual language for a formal presentation to the board members. We expect a response to our request for a meeting by the end of the week.
Reached 100 supporters
November 14, 2021
25 Comments
I 100% agree we need help turning FWISD into a successful school district. I just had to leave our home elementary school and transferred into another elementary school, I left an elementary school that was A performing and now is a very low performing, i'll give it a D to be generous, but it's the principal and assistant principal who need to go, at Ridglea ES, Monnig MS nees a different principal and VP's as well, ML Phillips needs community support. I've seen D ranked schools turn into A schools as well. FWISD needs to continue to improve but how can they if the failures equal out the success's ? I'm ready for the Admin to be streamlined, get rid of redundant jobs and get our HS Pyramids set up for success.
Our public schools should strive to be the best they can be. One key attribute is to be accountable via measures of success.
Improvements in core courses all Goals should be met quarterly or trigger review of Superintendent role.
The contract for students represents a standard that FWISD CAN ACCOMPLISH ! But they will only be able to if they get back to basics and prioritize teaching our children FIRST TO READ, WRITE AND PERFORM MATHMATICS !
As a product and supporter of public schools, I have been disappointed that for 30 years the FWISD has made little improvements in our students success. Despite funding being directed to early childcare from United Way, North Texas Community Foundation and many local private foundations, our children have fallen behind. They deserve better and our community too.
If our kids cant read or do math then how do you expect them to solve the 'climate change crisis'. FWISD is broken, as someone who was hoping to send my kids to public school I am beyond discouraged. Fortune 500 companies also see the same thing. They are avoiding our city because of the failures of FWISD. Maybe quit calling people racist and look in the mirror. DO YOUR JOBS. You have 3 grade schools that are passable, ZERO middle schools worth anything, and from what I've seen and heard about my beloved Paschal (long the only high school in town worth anything) its in major decline. Put lipstick on the pig all you want with new facilities, its not the problem and y'all know it. DO YOUR JOBS, its embarrassing. The KIDS ARE NOT ALRIGHT!
Horrible ratings for the Fort Worth ISD, which is cheating the students. Scribner needs to go sooner rather than later.
It’s about time!
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I 100% agree we need help turning FWISD into a successful school district. I just had to leave our home elementary school and transferred into another elementary school, I left an elementary school that was A performing and now is a very low performing, i'll give it a D to be generous, but it's the principal and assistant principal who need to go, at Ridglea ES, Monnig MS nees a different principal and VP's as well, ML Phillips needs community support. I've seen D ranked schools turn into A schools as well. FWISD needs to continue to improve but how can they if the failures equal out the success's ? I'm ready for the Admin to be streamlined, get rid of redundant jobs and get our HS Pyramids set up for success.