Fort Worth ISD Board of Education

11 meetings on our record, 10 of them from the past year and 1 with an unconfirmed date · typical meeting 4 h 35 min · 71,060 students · 9 members on our roster

Latest · Sep 29, 2026: Special meeting, 3 h 53 min
Next · Wednesday, November 4, 2026: 5:00 PM · Fort Worth Independent School District Service Center 7060 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas · District posting ↗
Newest meeting we have: Sep 29, 2026 · District's own meeting list ↗ (it may list later ones)

Also on the board: Bobby Ahdieh, Board Member · Luis A. Galindo, Board Member · Laurie George, Board Member · Courtney Lewis, Vice President · Jay Stegall, Board Member · Tennessee Walker, Board Member

Watch the board’s yearA decision it made, its hours, its busiest night at the mic and where its time went, each with its source

Recent meetings

What the board took up lately

Special meeting · 3 h 53 minTuesday, September 29, 2026

Watch

Board meeting · 6 h 35 minTuesday, September 8, 2026Board adopts 2026 tax rate, approves safety platform purchaseAI in schoolsBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSafety, weapons and policeSpeakers: Courtney Lewis, Luis A. Galindo, Laurie George, Frost Prioleau and 1 more

Play 3:39:14

Board meetingTuesday, August 11, 2026Board approves revisions to ethics conflict of interest policyAI in schoolsBudget cuts and layoffsReading and test scoresSpeakers: Pete Geren, Courtney Lewis, Rosa Maria Berdeja, Luis A. Galindo and 2 more

Play 3:09:05

Board meeting · 4 h 14 minTuesday, July 21, 2026Fort Worth ISD board approves governance timeline and uncertified teaching extension requestBudget cuts and layoffsSpeakers: Pete Geren, Rosa Maria Berdeja, Luis A. Galindo, Frost Prioleau and 1 more

Play 3:09:04

The board

Who talks on this board

Minutes speaking per full board meeting · 9 board meetings, Apr 14, 2026 – Sep 8, 2026 · talk time only, never tone or stance

Listed by seatHow much of the members' speech we name isn't measured here yet.

Coverage not measured on whole meetings yet

Minutes = time we heard them speak per meeting, from the speech we have named so far, so each is a floor: at least that much.

Runs the meeting

Pete GerenPresident · runs the meeting, not ranked10.7min, at least3 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—runs the meeting, counted apart1.7questions asked per meeting, at least

Members · listed by seat

Bobby AhdiehBoard Member · We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—min per meeting—We haven't identified their voice at a full board meeting—not ranked—no question counted

Rosa Maria BerdejaSecretary1.3min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Luis A. GalindoBoard Member · We could name only 23% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.9min, at least5 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.4questions asked per meeting, at least

Laurie GeorgeBoard Member · We could name only 6% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.2questions asked per meeting, at least

Courtney LewisVice President · We could name only 11% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.3min, at least3 of 8meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.3questions asked per meeting, at least

Frost PrioleauBoard Member1.4min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Jay StegallBoard Member · Seated for 3 board meetings on our record; we rank at 80.3min, at least1 of 3meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked2.0questions asked per meeting, at least

Tennessee WalkerBoard Member · We could name only 7% of the speech they may have given; we rank at 30%0.2min, at least4 of 9meetings heard, of those while seated—not ranked0.5questions asked per meeting, at least

Minutes speaking per full board meeting held while seated; a meeting they missed or stayed silent in counts as zero · bar = minutes named so far · talk time only, never tone or stance · Hamlet

Meetings on our record

Next meetingWednesday, November 4, 20265:00 PM · Fort Worth Independent School District Service Center 7060 Camp Bowie Boulevard, Fort Worth, TexasBoard Workshop - Nov 04 2026The district’s posting ↗Add to calendarPosting checked Oct 29

All 11 meetings on our record

Clips

What Pete Geren said on Jul 21, 2026

Meeting time

Where the board's meeting time went

Public comment48%36%–60%

Budget and finance4%0%–10%

Safety and discipline0%0%–2%

Ceremony and recognition0%0%–1%

The two readers didn’t agree on 30% of the time; it counts toward no topic, so every share above is a floor.

Not shown: facilities, closures and enrollment, curriculum and instruction, student services and special education, labor and personnel, governance and policy, routine business, other subjects, whose checks haven’t passed

Public comment

Of the 11 meetings on our record, we counted public speakers at 11; 9 had at least one. The busiest, on Apr 28, 2026, heard from 100.

100 on Apr 28, 2026100 speakers50 speakers30.1 a meeting on average

Attendance

The roll call at 6 of the 11 meetings on our record: the ones where we could read it

Roll-call attendance, member by meeting
Member	Sep 29	Sep 8	Aug 11	Jul 21	Jun 23	Jun 9	May 19	May 5	Apr 28	Apr 14
Frost Prioleau	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Pete Geren	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Rosa Maria Berdeja	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Courtney Lewis	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Bobby Ahdieh	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Luis A. Galindo	Not recorded	Present	Present	Present	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Laurie George	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Jay Stegall	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not shown	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded
Tennessee Walker	Not recorded	Not recorded	Present	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded	Not recorded

PresentNot shownNot recorded

Federal district ID 4819700 · student count from the federal 2023-24 count · meeting videos posted by the district