Texas Education Agency recommends board of managers take over Beaumont ISD
In a final report to Beaumont ISD, the Texas Education Agency recommended a board of managers take over the district.
The report was sent to Beaumont ISD Superintendent Timothy Chargois as well as the seven trustees on Tuesday afternoon.
"In the past five years, Beaumont Independent School District (BISD) has suffered a severe loss of public trust and has acquired a reputation in the community that is tainted by multiple incidents of fraud, waste and abuse," the report's executive summary states. "The district has incurred high and increasing litigation costs fueled by poor management decisions that resulted in negative publicity and intense public scrutiny."
The summary goes on to state that the "seriousness of the findings from this investigation warrant additional interventions. Therefore, the TEA will forward to the commission of education recommendations for the appointment of a board of managers and the lowering of BISD's school accreditation status."
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