Mayor Betsy Price and NBC5’s Deborah Ferguson
Mayor Betsy Price, in her final State of the City address before she steps down this spring as Fort Worth’s longest serving mayor, said Thursday she supports additional days in school to help students catch up after the pandemic triggered substantial regression.
Price urged residents to voice their support at readfortworth.org’s site. The Texas Legislature in 2019 added half-day formula funding school systems that add days for extra elementary school instruction beginning in the 2020-21 school year.
“I support additional days,” Price said during the virtual address, hosted by the Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce and moderated by NBC5’s Deborah Ferguson.
“If that means we have to go into the summer, we have to do what it takes to get kids back on track,” Price said. She also urged residents to “pay attention to the school board races” this spring. “They’re critical.”