TEA taking over Lake Worth ISD due to ‘chronic inability to support students'

Texas Education Agency Commissioner Mike Morath says he’s ordering the appointment of a conservator and a board of managers to govern the Lake Worth ISD after several consecutive years of failing ratings at the Marilyn Miller Language Academy.

When a school in a district fails to meet accountability standards for five consecutive years, the TEA is required by state law to intervene in what is commonly called a “state takeover,” where the commissioner must either close the failing school or replace the district’s elected school board with a state-appointed board of managers.

The latter is happening now with the Lake Worth Independent School District.

Earlier this year, the Marilyn Miller Language Academy earned its fifth consecutive unacceptable accountability rating for the 2024-25 scho