{"id":226237,"date":"2025-09-14T13:27:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-14T13:27:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/226237\/"},"modified":"2025-09-14T13:27:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T13:27:09","slug":"fort-worth-isd-band-director-assaulted-police-investigate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/226237\/","title":{"rendered":"Fort Worth ISD band director assaulted, police investigate"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/southwest-high-school-fort-worth.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-v-7d0efd03=\"\"\/> article <\/p>\n<p data-v-7d0efd03=\"\">Southwest High School, Fort Worth ISD (Source: SWHS Facebook Page) <\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\"><strong>FORT WORTH, Texas<\/strong> &#8211; A band director at Southwest High School was assaulted Friday afternoon by a group of individuals not believed to be students, according to an email sent to parents and staff by the school&#8217;s principal.<\/p>\n<p>   Band Director Assaulted <\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What we know:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">The assault happened near campus after school hours. The Fort Worth Police Department was immediately contacted, and the teacher is currently receiving medical care.<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What they&#8217;re saying:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">&#8220;I want to express how deeply sorry I am that this happened,&#8221; said Principal Jennifer Grotte, who authored the email. &#8220;The safety and well-being of our students and staff guide every decision we make, and we remain committed to maintaining a secure and supportive environment for everyone.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Police and school administration are actively investigating the incident. The email stated that those responsible will be &#8220;held fully accountable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p original-article-post=\"\" origination_station=\"KDFW\" data-v-ec26887a=\"\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">What&#8217;s next:<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">Images related to the assault have been circulating on social media, which Grotte acknowledged may be &#8220;upsetting to see.&#8221; She reassured the community that the teacher is receiving care and that school officials are in close contact with him.<\/p>\n<p data-v-6fc2855c=\"\">In response to the incident, counselors and support staff will be available for students on campus Monday, with a special focus on supporting the band program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"group-source-paragraph\" data-v-4fbf7207=\"\"><b data-v-4fbf7207=\"\">The Source:<\/b> Information in this article is from the Southwest High School official Facebook page.<\/p>\n<p>    <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/us\/tx\/tarrant-county\/fort-worth\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Fort Worth<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox4news.com\/tag\/crime-publicsafety\" class=\"tags-tag\" data-v-6fc2855c=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Crime and Public Safety<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"article Southwest High School, Fort Worth ISD (Source: SWHS Facebook Page) FORT WORTH, Texas &#8211; A band director&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":226238,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5138],"tags":[5229,6082,7371,7372,50,7375,358,3187,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-226237","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-crime-publicsafety","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fortworth","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-tarrant-county","14":"tag-texas","15":"tag-tx","16":"tag-united-states","17":"tag-united-states-of-america","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","20":"tag-us","21":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115202886561722515","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226237","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=226237"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/226237\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/226238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=226237"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=226237"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=226237"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}