Forney Independent School District
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The Forney Independent School District is a school district based in Forney, Texas (USA).
The district serves the city of Forney, the city of Talty, the small Kaufman County portion of Mesquite, and other unincorporated areas in Kaufman County.
The district received an academic rating of "Academically Acceptable" based on the test results of the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS). This rating was determined by the Texas Education Agency (TEA). This rating means that 50-69% of students or above met state standards in Language Arts and Social Studies, 35-69% of students or above met state standards in Math, and 25-69% of students or above met state standards in science.
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School Board Members
President - Keith Bell
Vice President - David Walker
Secretary - Sandi Fudge
Members: Becky Dobbs, Al Hogan, Jim Jacobs, John Taylor
Administrators
Superintendent: Mike Smith
Assistant Superintendent: Donna Sweaney
Director of Business and Finance & Operations: Dwayne Thompson
Director of Curriculum & Instruction: Linda Jacobs
Director of Special Programs: Cindy Maris
Director of Special Education: Cindy Riney
Director of Technology: Roger Geiger
DAEP Principal & Coordinator for Adult and Community Education: Grace Johnson
Director of Transportation: Carla Davis
Director of Operations: Scott McKnight
Director of Communications: Jennie Moore
Dealing with growth
Forney I.S.D., according to The Dallas Morning News, is the fourth fastest growing school district in the state of Texas. A new middle school will open for the 2006-2007 school year. This new middle school is located in Windmill Farms. This school is where all Forney students in grades 7-8 will be located in for the year 2006-2007. The school has been finished in May 2006 and is ready for year 2006-2007. There are plans to demolish and rebuild the current middle school. This older middle school is where students in following years will attend. Though land was purchased by the district with funds from an earlier bond issue, voters denied the school district money to construct a new high school, along with several new elementary schools and a third middle school.
The bond issue was rejected by the community by a margin of almost 2-1.
Even with a soon-to-be-constructed new wing, growth projections show the Forney I.S.D. high school population out-growing the current building by the 2007-2008 school year.
School uniforms
All Forney ISD students are required to wear school uniforms [1].
The Texas Education Agency specified that the parents and/or guardians of students zoned to a school with uniforms may apply for a waiver to opt out of the uniform policy so their children do not have to wear the uniform [2]; parents must specify "bona fide" reasons, such as religious reasons or philosophical objections. Students who opt out of that policy are required to wear a strict standardized dress code. [3]
Schools
Secondary schools
High schools
1 in Forney
Middle schools
1 in Forney
- Forney Middle School
Primary schools
4 in Forney, 3 in unincorporated Kaufman County
- Blackburn Elementary (Unincorporated Kaufman County - Windmill Farms development)
- Claybon Elementary (Forney)
- Crosby Elementary (Unincorporated Kaufman County)
- Criswell Elementary (Forney)
- Henderson Elementary (Forney)
- Johnson Elementary (Forney)
- Lewis Elementary (Travis Ranch development)
See also
External links
| 2006 Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating |
| Exemplary | Recognized | Academically Acceptable | Academically Unacceptable | Not Rated: Other |
