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Texas school district removes parts of Black History Month display, sparking outrage Isaac Windes, Beaumont Enterprise FacebookTwitterEmail 3 1of3This portion of a Black History Month display at Vincent Middle School was taken down at the request of an anonymous complaint about the "political nature of the message" according to Mikelle Patillo, the long-term substitute who worked with students on designing the work. Teachers, administrators and members of the public are outraged ov...

BISD tables stadium issue, expands charter presence FacebookTwitterEmail MLK Middle School will be operated by a college-prep nonprofit called Green Dot Public SchoolsIsaac Windes / Beaumont ISD livestream The Beaumont School Board on Tuesday expanded charter school control in the district but postponed a discussion on renaming Memorial Stadium, a vague proposal that drew a vigorous backlash from parents and other community members as soon as word got out about it the night before. The board ha...

Name of Memorial Stadium? FacebookTwitterEmail Nearing completion, new signage for Memorial Stadium can be seen on the Beaumont Independent School Districts football stadium. The signage came after a three-year long debate to change the name from the Carrol A. "Butch" Thomas Educational Support Center. The name, Memorial Stadium, was chosen to reflect several schools in the districts history.Photo taken Monday, 1/7/19Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise, Photo Editor Beaumont ISD’s board of trust...