‘It's not going to be easy': New FWISD super says change will be a culture shock Fort Worth ISD superintendent Peter B. Licata says staffing changes are underway and the shift will be a culture shock for schools. Fort Worth ISD’s new superintendent says some personnel changes have already occurred in the district. Peter B. Licata PhD took over on Tuesday bringing new staff and hitting the ground running. In his first one-on-one interview, he sat down with NBC 5 education reporter Wayne Carter to discuss his plans for the district. This is only day two for Peter Licata, the new superintendent of the Fort Worth ISD, but he brought in a chief of staff from Florida and a new deputy superintendent to his team. Some Fort Worth ISD Central Office staff have been told they no longer need to come in. Licata hit the ground running, implementing change in Fort Worth ISD with his staff.Licata has been meeting with everyone from principals to parents, figuring out his first steps. "Commissioner Morath hasn’t given me one indication of who to pick, how to pick, who to change. He pretty much said,"Go. Do it,'" Licata said."The system is flawed and broken. We have to align the standards, get real-time data. We’re waiting two weeks for data right now," Licata said."We’re going to be knocking it out of the park with salaries 110, 120, where you can afford to teach," he said. NBC 5 Education Reporter Wayne Carter had the chance to sit down with newly appointed superintendent Peter Licata on his second day. Licata said he's going to prioritize state standards, excellent educators and for FWISD to expect a culture shock."If you’re a baseball fan, you know good pitching beats good hitting every day of the week; our teachers are the pitchers. If their instruction is so good, so tight, so welcoming and warm. Those kids wanna be in that classroom. I know it’s idealistic, but it’s true." He's acknowledged the longtime failure and said he wants to be held accountable to not just promise like everyone else but deliver and teachers have to get on board. "We’re not going to tolerate mediocracy in the classroom; it’s going to be a culture shock, it’s not going to be easy, and there are going to be people who are going to be angry. Because they don’t deserve to be in front of children and don’t leave schools and that’s what’s going to change," said Licata. Licata also talked to us in detail about his parents. How he sat grieving his dad's funeral when he committed to being a teacher just like his dad. He talked about his work teaching in the inner city and seeing the differences in the quality of education between the schools where he taught in the suburbs.