FWISD Watchdog: Are These Ratings Enough to Cheer About?

FWISD Watchdog is examining the new TEA accountability ratings and calling it as they see it.

Middle schools are still dragging—four earned an F and six a D. Only one middle school landed a B.

Moving up to high school, there’s no F, and a few held steady in the B range: Benbrook Middle-High (B/86), Trimble Tech (B/84), and Paschal (B/80). But four others slipped to D territory—South Hills (D/63), Dunbar (D/68), plus Western Hills and Eastern Hills (both D/69).

These numbers might appear to be an improvement, but Watchdog sees it differently. If school leaders are patting themselves on the back for F schools rising just one notch to D, or D schools barely crawling to C, that’s not progress—that’s setting the bar way too low.

They’re asking real questions: Where are the results from the nonprofits FWISD pours millions into? If those dollars are padding six-figure CEO salaries, they’re missing the point—and failing our kids.

Meanwhile, Watchdog keeps an eye on the board. Trustees applauding slow gains and rubber-stamping agendas without demanding real change? That’s not accountability.

Real progress requires more than small steps, and local families deserve leaders who demand better.