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On Tuesday, police did a drug sting (with dogs and all) at one of FWISDs problem middle schools. They recovered a trove of drugs and weapons. Wednesday, at the same school, a student threatened administrators that he was going to come back with his gang and shoot up the place after admins broke up a fight. FWISD has a long-standing problem with this school, and it is about to blow just like the one down the street did. If you have any relatives working in FWISD at these troubled schools, talk to them and make sure they have an escape...

The district reported 44 active coronavirus cases among staff and six among students, according to the district’s online dashboard as of Friday afternoon.

The Fort Worth Independent School District signaled this week that national anthem protest guidelines for student athletes who want to “take a knee” may be on the way this high school football season. On Tuesday, Todd Vesely, the school district’s new athletic director, told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram he discussed national anthem protests with Fort Worth ISD coaches. He said they were formulating a “game plan.” Vesely shared no specific details. He said Fort Worth ISD’s potential guidelines would be “proactive and positive” to do “everything we can for our young people to express themselves in a non-disruptive way.”