Tag: Brownsville ISD (BISD)

The Brownsville Independent School District has removed five books from its libraries after activists raised concerns related to House Bill 900 during the public comment period at the May 21 Board of Trustees meeting.

Graduation season will get underway at 7:30 p.m. Thursday when Rivera Early College High School’s 522-member graduating class assembles at Sams Memorial Stadium for the first of seven BISD ceremonies celebrating this year’s graduates.

The Brownsville Independent School District extended recognition to more than 1,500 students on Wednesday, inviting parents, faculty and staff into the Rivera Early College High School gymnasium to help celebrate their accomplishments.

HARLINGEN — A pastors’ group is standing behind a new state law and is requesting Rio Grande Valley school boards remove a list of books they describe as containing graphic sexuality from their library shelves.

The Brownsville ISD employee organization BEST AFT has voted to formally affiliate with the 1.7-million-member American Federation of Teachers and its state affiliate Texas AFT, as well as the 13 million-member AFL-CIO.

The One-Act Play company from Veterans Memorial Early College High School is living a dream this weekend and making history as one of eight 5-A schools to qualify for the UIL state finals in Austin.

After canvassing the vote in Saturday’s special election, the Brownsville Independent School District Board of Trustees officially recognized Marisa F. Leal as the winner, affirming that she had defeated Minerva M. Pena by 949 votes and declaring her duly elected to Place 6 on the board.

Starting with nothing more than paint buckets and drumsticks, the drum line at Russell Elementary School is completing its second year, full of enthusiasm but facing the departure of 10 members to middle school.

The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is acquiring Longoria Elementary School and will transform it into the School of Art and Design.

Brownsville Mayor John Cowen Jr., during his State of the City address Wednesday at the Texas Southmost College Performing Arts Center, broke the news that the city is getting a new, full-service hotel: Embassy Suites by Hilton, to be constructed off I-69E near Springmart and Pablo Kisel boulevards.