Theophlous Aron Sims, Sr. District 4 Term: First elected 1983; Term expires 2013 Represented Schools Profession: Pharmacist, Sims Enterprises/ Sims Professional Pharmacy ta.sims@fwisd.org

Activities

• Life member, Prairie View Interscholastic League Coaches Association
• Street named for Dr. Sims in New Rollings Addition
• President, Sims Enterprises, Inc.
• Member, Fort Worth Metropolitan Black Chamber of Commerce
• Life Member, NAACP
• Member, National Association of School Boards; Glencrest Civic League Club; and Tarrant County Health Planning Council
• Charter Founding Member and Lay Leader, Campus Drive United Methodist Church
• Life Member, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity and Chi Delta Mu Medical Fraternity
• Member, Texas Pharmaceutical Association, American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Association, and Tarrant County Pharmaceutical Association
• Former member, National Institute of Health Sickle Cell Anemia Advisory Board 
• Originator of FWISD Scholar Athlete Award program
• Past Vice President and Life Member, National Alumni Association, Texas Southern University
• Disaster Pharmacist for Tarrant County

Accomplishments of the Board of Education

• Conducted a nationwide search for a new superintendent of schools resulting in the hiring of Melody A. Johnson
• Balanced District budget through reductions of $50 million over the last four years with $3 million cut from the central office alone
• Charged the District’s administrators with improving student achievement
• Developed and adopted Procedures and Standards of Practice for the Board resulting in a cohesive and committed team
• Established and utilized community advisory committees in the areas of technology, facilities, budget and audit functions
• Adopted policies that ensure transparency of operations
• Reinstated music and art into the curriculum for primary grades
• Developed the first strategic performance plan with high standards and accountability measures
• Defined staff responsibilities and accountability more clearly and implemented efficient and ethical business practices

Recent Student/School Accomplishments:

• Clifford Davis Elementary School's Rhonda McGuire was honored as the 2013 Outreach Communications Chair for Teaching Excellence in Elementary Reading.
• The JPMorgan Chase Foundation awards a $75,000 grant to underwrite math and literacy nights at I.M. Terrell Elementary School.
• The Fort Worth After School program at O.D. Wyatt High School was awarded grants from the Afterschool Centers on Education and Texas Education Agency.
• Morningside Elementary School hosted a community Health Fair and Jingle Bell Jog on Saturday, December 15, 2012.
• The Morningside Children's Partnership was established to bring together corporate, non-profit, public and faith-based organizations to positively impact the academic outcomes of O.D. Wyatt High School, Morningside Middle School, Morningside Elementary School, Edward J. Briscoe Elementary School and Carroll Peak Elementary School.
• Morningside Middle School student Lesley Ortiz competed in the National Spanish Spelling Bee in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
• Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School's community partner Broadway Baptist Church treated students to a special holiday store filled with more than 1,800 donated new gifts on December 13-14, 2012.
• The Fort Worth ISD and Tarrant NET kicked off the Read 2 Win campaign, a community collaboration that pairs community volunteers with first-grade students who are learning to read, at David K. Sellars Elementary School on October 11, 2012.