Beaumont ISD

Judge orders former Beaumont ISD contractor to jail

“What’s fair for one is fair for all,” Jefferson County Criminal District Court Judge John Stevens said from the bench Nov. 10 as he sentenced former Beaumont ISD electrical contractor Calvin Walker to begin a jury-imposed sentence that contained jail time.

Beaumont ISD considers bathroom upgrades to contain violence, vaping

In an effort to curb teens’ illegal activity throughout Beaumont Independent School District’s (BISD) secondary school campus bathrooms, trustees are mulling the purchase of more than 100 sensors that can detect and alert administrators to smoking, vaping and noise from the near-constant violence...

Convicted school district contractor seeks high court audience

More than two years after a Beaumont jury found former Beaumont ISD electrical contractor Calvin Walker guilty of deceptively securing more than a million dollars in taxpayer funding meant for the education of the community’s children, the embattled defendant and his attorneys are still staving off...

Career camp on campus

The Beaumont ISD Career and Technical Education Department is now accepting registrations for their Career Exploration Camp, scheduled daily June 6 – 9, from 8 a.m.-12 p.m. at the Career and Technology Center.

New name pending for BISD stadium

In a 5-2 vote of the Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) Board of Trustees the evening of Jan. 20, the elected officials opted to move forward with changing the name of the district’s stadium. What the new name will be, however; that remains to be determined.

Beaumont ISD to invoke mask rule

“What has changed from Thursday until today… more and more cases are erupting in our buildings,” Beaumont ISD Superintendent Dr. Shannon Allen said Monday, Aug. 23, asking the Board of Trustees to invoke a mask mandate district-wide. King Middle School is already closed through Friday, Aug.

Beaumont ISD closes campus due to COVID

In a letter forwarded to parents Sunday, the Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) announced the closure of King Middle School due to a COVID outbreak in students and staff. The campus will be closed the entire week of Aug. 23-27.

Beaumont seventh grader wins Signature Image Award

Beaumont ISD’s Odom Academy seventh-grader Alaya Jones won the Signature Image Award from the Stark Museum of Art in Orange for the 2021 Student Juried Art Exhibition themed this year as “Home Is…” Ten Odom students had artwork chosen for the show, including seventh-grader Kayle Hoang, who won the...

BISD anticipates Sept. 2 return to virtual learning

Beaumont ISD Board of Trustees held a meeting Aug. 31 to address emergency issues related to Hurricane Laura.

Free food for BISD students

The Beaumont Independent School District announced that it will continue its policy to operate the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) under the National School Lunch Program and School Breakfast Program for the 2020-21 school year.