Diane Smith
Govtech.com
Fort Worth, TX, United States
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Portage County, Ohio, Faces Cost vs. Speed Computer Decision
Portage County is weighing whether to spend half a million dollars replacing computers throughout the county government, or spend less up front while opening the county up to risk of viruses and emergency replacements. → Read More
UT Austin to provide free tuition to students with family incomes below $65,000
Starting in the fall of 2020, in-state undergraduate students from families earning up to $65,000 a year will receive free tuition at The University of Texas at Austin, the system president stated Tuesday. → Read More
HEB students finally receive IB test scores. But the mystery remains unsolved
More than 100 Texas students from Hurst L.D. Bell and Euless Trinity high schools worried about what happened to their International Baccalaureate exams and how that would affect their college plans. → Read More
One vision. Two universities. Three years of work. The payoff: A new medical school
Classes are set to begin at Fort Worth’s new medical school for an incoming class of future doctors. The school is made possible because TCU and UNTHSC united to bring an M.D. program to Tarrant County. → Read More
Calling all doctors. Why Fort Worth’s new M.D. school needs about 600 physicians
The TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine begins its M.D. program this month. The school is seeking hundreds of doctors in North Texas who can help mentor and train students over the course of four years. → Read More
Fort Worth schools approve budget, teacher raises. How much more will they get?
The Fort Worth school board approved an estimated $821.5 million general fund budget that pays for teacher and employee raises. Teachers will get another pay boost when HB 3 funding flows into school district. → Read More
Teacher pay raises included in Fort Worth school’s proposed $821.5 million budget
Fort Worth school board members are expected to vote on an estimated $821.5 million general fund budget that includes teacher pay raises. The budget also includes funding to stipends for bilingual educators. → Read More
Do you like livestock and have a knack for science? This Texas university wants you
Texas Tech University will open a new vet school in Amarillo. It will be the second veterinary medicine program in Texas, where more than 40 percent of veterinarians in rural communities are older than 60. → Read More
Mansfield superintendent to retire in 2020 after leading district’s academic success
Mansfield Superintendent Jim Vaszauskas announced he is retiring effective February 2020. He was hired to oversee the district in 2013 and was at the helm during academic, athletic successes. → Read More
Fort Worth teacher fired over racist language plans appeal
English teacher’s immigration tweets to President Donald Trump caused backlash on social media. Records show she had a history of run-ins with the Fort Worth school district over inappropriate language. → Read More
Board votes to fire teacher over tweet, but she remains employed pending possible hearing
English teacher’s immigration tweets to President Donald Trump caused backlash on social media. Records show she had a history of run-ins with the Fort Worth school district over inappropriate language. → Read More
Texas teacher said she thought her tweets were private messages to President Trump
Fort Worth teacher told the district investigator she thought she was sending President Donald Trump private messages about illegal immigration. Teacher’s job is under review by the district. → Read More
Fort Worth teacher on leave over Twitter posts has history of inappropriate language
A teacher in a Fort Worth, Texas, school district was placed on administrative leave after officials looked into anti-immigrant tweets she sent to President Donald Trump about Carter-Riverside High School. → Read More
Teacher’s job on the line after Twitter rant against illegal immigration
A teacher in the Fort Worth, Texas, school district was placed on administrative leave after officials looked into anti-immigrant tweets she sent to President Donald Trump about Carter-Riverside High School. → Read More
Teacher is on leave after sending anti-immigrant messages to President Trump
A teacher in the Fort Worth school district was placed on administrative leave after officials looked into a string of anti-immigrant tweets that singled out Carter-Riverside High School. → Read More
DFW baseball team doesn’t have a home field but is still only two wins away from state
Benbrook’s baseball team has to travel 30 miles every time they want to practice or host a game because their home field is Lon Goldstein Field. The bond they share on the bus has helped them make history. → Read More
For homeless teen, high school became family that opened path to TCU
Fort Worth, Texas teen overcame homelessness to graduate in the top of the class from Trimble Tech High School. She plans to study nursing at Texas Christian University with the help of scholarships, grants. → Read More
At this Fort Worth high school, being top of the class is a family tradition
The valedictorian at Fort Worth’s Brewer High School is the fifth member of her immediate family to be valedictorian or salutatorian. Her mother and three brothers were top of the class too. → Read More
Fort Worth elects new school board president. Can he take politics out of business?
The Fort Worth school board elected Jacinto Ramos as its new president, May 21, 2019. The president presides over board meetings. → Read More
In fast-growing Fort Worth, school leaders are fighting declining enrollment
Recent dips in student enrollment in Fort Worth schools are attributed to an influx of charter schools and new apartments. The district is countering with a push to enroll new pre-k and kindergarten students. → Read More