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Feb. 7, 2013
In the federal accountability system, the district and all of its campuses missed Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). In the area of Reading/English Language Arts, the district did not meet the federal AYP standard and showed a five percent decline from the previous year. In mathematics, the district again failed to meet the federal AYP standard and showed an overall decline of 11 percent from the previous year. I fully recognize that there have been people in North Forest ISD working hard to turn things around for a very long time, but we can no longer afford to wait, said Commissioner Williams. More importantly, the students of North Forest can no longer afford to wait for a strong education they need and deserve. The Commissioners recommendation to close NFISD and annex it into HISD will now go to TEA Chief Deputy Lizzette Gonzalez-Reynolds, who was designated by the previous commissioner in 2012 as TEAs final decision maker in this matter. If Reynolds approves the closure, the U.S. Department of Justice must pre-clear the merger with Houston ISD. The North Forest ISD has ten days from todays notification to request a re-opening of its record review for the limited purpose of determining the districts compliance with the terms and conditions of last years order. In addition, NFISD can ask the State Office of Administrative Hearings to review this decision. If all legal hurdles are cleared, the merger with Houston ISD would be effective July 1. ###