On Saturday, September 6, a group of city and school district employees and community volunteers will reach out to students who have not yet re-enrolled in school for the news academic year.  

Led by Superintendent Melody Johnson and Mayor Pro-Tem Kathleen Hicks, they’ll personally talk with these young people and persuade them to come back to school immediately.  They and others will walk through attendance neighborhoods around Eastern Hills, O.D. Wyatt and Diamond Hill-Jarvis High Schools.

Volunteers are needed to conduct phone banks for contacting potential returnees as well as for walking the neighborhoods. Those interested can contact Cindy Boyd at 817-207-9633; Dr. Danna Diaz at 817-871-2510; or Carol Everhart at 817-392-2227.

These volunteers will receive special training beforehand in the most effective way to engage with students and parents to Prevail to Graduation.   At the same time, the three schools will be fully staffed that Saturday to re-enroll students who are persuaded to return to class.

A partnership between the Fort Worth ISD, the City of Fort Worth and the Fort Worth Chambers is behind the plan.

The City of Fort Worth, the Fort Worth ISD and the Fort Worth Chambers are encouraging the entire community to be proactive in find ways to support students to stay in school until they graduate.  Project Prevail is the umbrella under which the Fort Worth ISD sponsors a comprehensive stay-in-school initiative.  Saturday’s event, Prevail to Graduation, is modeled after a similar successful project in Houston where more than 3,900 students have returned to school.