“I didn’t know there was so much politics on the board. Attn: Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent. The Board may acknowledge receipt of the information, or refer the matter to staff with no direction as to action or priority. BEAUMONT, Texas — The battle for renaming Beaumont Independent School District's stadium is over for now. Unless the item has been placed on the published agenda in accordance with the Brown Act, there shall be no action taken. Sigee urged the board to nominate and vote for Zenobia Bush to take on the president’s role for the final months. “I had thought after I returned home that things changed but obviously the last four years I found out it didn’t,” he said. Related: Stadium debate rekindles debate over Thomas' legacy. On Fridays Texan Live will bring you live audio from each game we cover. “I thought we could let the citizens of Beaumont decide, and that way we wouldn’t be going back every four years with this,” he said. “Butch” Thomas, the district’s first Black superintendent. Nederland Independent School District will hold a special meeting of the Board of Trustees at 5:30 p.m. Monday in the administration building’s boardroom. BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont ISD board is set to discuss and is expected to vote on changing the stadium's name back to the previous name after the name was changed in August 2018. BISD Memorial Stadium was officially renamed from its original moniker, the "Beaumont ISD Carrol A. Getz again stressed to The Enterprise before the meeting that he believed the issues had nothing to do with race. Your comment will be read out loud to the Board of Trustees. Meetings are held on the second and fourth. The Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees has approved a one-time payment of $400 to all full-time employees as bonus compensation for working during the COVID-19 pandemic. “Zenobia Bush has been a faithful board member for many years. The … “A lot of people who look like me don’t like the decision I made, but I have to live with it,” said Antwine, who is Black. About Us; Meet the Board. Board Committee Meetings & Activities. “I also would have supported placing this issue on the ballot.”, Top hits: Get Beaumont Enterprise stories sent directly to your inbox. Archive for Board Meetings Before 4/2010. “I am here to let you know that I completely support the actions of the board last Thursday night in refusing to rename the stadium,” he said. The Beaumont Unified School District prohibits, during all school activities, programs, and employment, discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived ancestry, age, color, disability, gender, gender identity, gender expression, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sex, sexual orientation , or association with a person or a group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics. “She is not running again, so I think it is befitting to let her be the president for the last couple months.”. The motion to rename Memorial Stadium failed by a 5-2 vote at Beaumont ISD's Thursday board meeting. We would like to show you a description here but the site won’t allow us. Due to UIL Friday night restrictions, “A football contest that takes place on a Friday may not be telecast live”. If you would like to comment on any item on the agenda, please email: boardcomments01.26.21@beaumontusd.k12.ca.us. BISD Memorial Stadium was officially renamed from its original moniker, the "Beaumont ISD Carrol A. Watch Past Meetings. Beaumont Independent School District allows students attending a school where 65% or more of the students qualify for free and reduced-price lunch to transfer to a … Beaumont Independent School District located in Beaumont, Texas. She has held many positions on the board and she has never been the president,” Sigee said. BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont ISD board is set to discuss changing the stadium's name back to its previous after a name change was made in August 2018. Watch Live. Individuals, who require disability-related accommodations or modifications, including auxiliary aids and services, in order to participate in the Board meeting, should contact the Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent. Thomas Sigee, BISD's school board president, said two board members asked for the item to be added to the meeting agenda BISD Memorial Stadium received its current name in 2018. The motion failed 2 - 5. Notification 48 hours prior to the meeting will enable the District to make reasonable arrangements to ensure accessibility to the meeting. “That is all I was ever asking is why.”. For additional information please contact the Administrative Assistant to the Superintendent at (951) 845-1631, ext. Like many on the board, Sigee said, many voters agreed the name should not have been removed by the state-appointed board of managers in 2018. BEAUMONT, Texas — The Beaumont ISD board is set to discuss changing the stadium's name back to its previous after a name change was made in August 2018. Beaumont ISD started to unveil its plans for the fall semester in a Zoom meeting on Thursday. Trustee Thomas Sigee called Monday’s announcement the “nail in the coffin” an the issue that has resurfaced time and again. Beaumont City Councilman Mike Getz, who has been at the center of Beaumont ISD controversies over the last decade, addressed the board Monday. The board voted for the name change of what is described as the "district's most visible facility" in an "effort to bridge divisions within the Beaumont community" according to the board exhibit cover sheet for … 'Nail in the coffin': BISD can't ask voters to decide stadium name, Beaumont ISD board members, including Darrell Antwine, Sr., who also announced mid-speech that he will not run for re-election, present their positions regarding the changing of Beaumont Memorial Stadium back to the Thomas A. But they also felt that “we don’t need to go backwards,” he said. “There is no enabling statute … so as a result the district just doesn’t have the authority to do it even if they wanted too.”. Beaumont ISD board meeting underway as members discuss renaming stadium. The Beaumont Independent School District board will be considering the option at its regularly scheduled meeting on Thursday evening. It is suggested that anyone wishing to speak to the Board arrive a few minutes prior to the start of the meeting and to fill out a form "Request to Address the Board" located in the boardroom. Darrell Antwine, Sr. - Member; Kevin Reece - Member; Matilda "Tillie" Hickman - Member; Robert Dunn, Sr. Board Agendas; Board Policy Manual; 2020-21 Meeting Dates; Addressing the Board; Request to Speak; Texas Association of School Boards ... 3395 Harrison Avenue. The board is getting set to launch a search for a new superintendent after Dr. John Frossard was named the lone finalist for the top job in the Beaumont Independent School District. Beaumont ISD board votes against Memorial Stadium renaming at Thursday meeting In 2018, the board of managers voted to change the name to Memorial Stadium. Beaumont ISD board members, including Darrell Antwine, Sr., who also announced mid-speech that he will not run for re-election, present their positions regarding the changing of Beaumont … The Board meeting on Tuesday, January 26, 2021, will be held online. PUBLIC COMMENTS If you would like to comment on any item on the agenda, please email: boardcomments01.12.21@beaumontusd.k12.ca.us During regular meetings of the Governing Board (Board), members of the audience have an opportunity to speak regarding subjects or concerns that appear, or do not appear, on the agenda. His name was removed from the facility a year ago, after a previous board voted to remove it in the wake of financial controversies that came to light after Thomas left the district and that led to a state takeover. Isaac Windes is the education reporter for the Beaumont Enterprise. Beaumont ISD will hold a closed meeting Monday to consider placing a question to voters on the May ballot regarding the name of Memorial Stadium, along with candidates for several board … The Board meeting on Tuesday, January 12, 2021, will be held online. 005324. BISD Memorial Stadium was officially renamed from its original moniker, the "Beaumont ISD Carrol A. In an effort to bridge divisions within the Beaumont community, the Beaumont ISD Board approved renaming the stadium to BISD Memorial Stadium at its regularly scheduled meeting on August 16, 2018. “With that being the situation, I … understand why it was necessary for the school district’s attorney to meet with the board in executive session,” Getz said. Photo taken Thursday, January 21, 2021 Kim Brent/The Enterprise, LU adds master’s program in geospatial sciences, Opiate deals, fatal overdoses net Vidor woman 15 years in federal prison, Councilman questions legality of BISD meeting. 100 Black Men of Greater Beaumont provided much-needed school supplies to King MS scholars. Trustee Darrell Antwine also said the name of the stadium, and months of debate that surrounded it, are not why he joined the board. Memorial Stadium is here to stay, after the Beaumont School Board learned Monday that it did not have the legal authority to place the issue on the May ballot for voters to decide, as was proposed at last week’s board meeting. The only thing we can do is move forward. From a full house to a just a few of the faithful, after 4-and-a-half hours, the public finally got to speak at the Beaumont Independent School District Board meeting. We definitely need to move forward. 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