Fort Worth ISD charged just under $15,000 for public records in a year. The cost creates a barrier for some parents looking to get information from the district.

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Kristen Barton is an education reporter for the Fort Worth Report. She has previous experience in education reporting for her hometown paper, the Longview News-Journal and her college paper, The Daily Toreador at Texas Tech University. She also earned a graduate certificate in advanced digital and social media from Texas Tech. Barton has received awards from the Texas Associated Press Managing Editors for her reporting and writing. When she’s not reporting, Barton enjoys reading, yoga and trying to learn her abuela’s recipes.