In the face of declining enrollment and projected budget shortfalls, the Fort Worth Independent School District plans to cut staff."This year, due to continued projections of declining enrollment, coupled with legislative inaction on public school financing, the sunsetting of ESSER funds, fewer federal dollars, and a projected budget deficit, it has become necessary for us to make additional reductions both in budgets and staff," Ramsey wrote.
"That's created a lot of anxiety amongst employees is, asking the questions,"Is it going to be my job, or not?" he said. "We can only control what we can control, and student enrollment is something that we should address. That is the biggest driver of the problem here," he said.