Fort Worth, TX – In an effort to understand why Superintendent Kent Scribner unilaterally issued the new Fort Worth ISD transgender policy without parent or taxpayer input, Stand for Fort Worth submitted an open records request on May 6, 2016 to the Fort Worth ISD for “any and all correspondence, drafts, memorandum, and other written and telephonic communications regarding and relating to the new Transgender Student Guidelines by and between any Board Members, Staff, Administration, Outside Consultants or activist groups.” Stand for Fort Worth was disappointed – but not surprised – to recently receive a letter from the Fort Worth ISD refusing to provide any of the requested information and asking the Texas Attorney General to support the District’s position to withhold the information. This has quickly become standard operating procedure for Superintendent Scribner’s administration. While Fort Worth residents are asking tough questions of Superintendent Scribner, his administration continues to secretively hide its activities from public view.
Zeb Pent, spokesman for Stand for Fort Worth, said, “Fort Worth citizens deserve to know the truth. If Superintendent Scribner and Fort Worth ISD Board members have nothing to hide, then they should promptly turn over any and all information about this divisive policy. We have taken every effort as parents and taxpayers to find out why Superintendent Scribner created a mess in our community by imposing this unlawful transgender policy. And Superintendent Scribner’s administration has deceived, denied, and delayed at every turn in the process. Now, he is even obstructing the customary path for obtaining open records.”