Bryan school board members Monday night approved an administrative request opening enrollment at Collegiate High School. BISD students will be given first priority. Open enrollment was sought by Blinn College, which pays for Collegiate students taking classes. 240 are attending this year out of a maximum capacity of 400.
Trustees also approved replacing 41 year old bleachers at Bryan High School gyms 1 and 2. Local funds will be used, amounting to $117,890.81.
Also approved was replacing a 22 year old chiller and cooling tower at Stephen F. Austin Middle School. Again, local funds will be used, in the amount of $150,600.
Three administrators were hired. Linda Montoya was named principal of Jones Elementary on a permanent basis, Marilyn Rosas was named Director of Bilingual Education, and David Reynolds becomes the district’s Director of Enrichment Education, which involved Career Technology and Fine Arts.
The board was notified that the one-to-one laptop program at the middle school academies is ending. The existing laptops will be used by all middle school students.
And there was unaminous approval of a resolution written by the state school board and administrator associations opposing “relentless test preparation and boring memorization of facts to enhance test performance”.
WTAW’s Bill Oliver visits with BISD Director of Communications Sandy Farris.