Mission Statement

The mission of the Beaumont Independent School District, as the unifying force of the community, is to guarantee that our graduates possess the necessary skills, values and knowledge to compete successfully as productive citizens in a diverse global society through an educational system characterized by:

• Expectation of SUCCESS for each person;
• Optimum application of TECHNOLOGY;
• An APPRECIATION of various cultures;
• Full INVOLVEMENT of parents, teachers and the community;
• RESPECT and CARE for each other.

Goals Statement

After conducting a comprehensive needs assessment, analyzing surveys and identifying causes for low student performance, the District Educational Improvement Committee developed the following goals for the school years 2000-2003:

1. Manage DIVERSITY among schools, 100%.
2. Provide a SAFE, ORDERLY and DISCIPLINED school climate, at least 90%.
3. Develop and implement QUALITY schools, 100%.
4. Close the GAP between the MINORITY AND MAJORITY learner to no more than 10%.

The Beaumont Independent School District was established in 1983 through the merger of the former Beaumont School District (founded in 1883) with South Park Public Schools (founded in 1891).  The citywide district encompasses 153.34 square miles in Jefferson County in Southeast Texas.

Personnel

Number of Employees
Certified.......................................................1,665
Noncertified.................................................1,110
TOTAL..........................................................2,775

Teacher Salary Schedule
Bachelor's...........$41,000 Min. ...........$56,632 Max.
Master's...............$42,500 Min. ...........$60,844 Max.
Doctorate.............$44,000 Min.............$62,344 Max.

Benefits include: Insurance, retirement, tax sheltered annuities, supplemental life, insurance programs for cancer, dental & disability, savings bond program, educator's credit union, direct deposit, TRS Long Term Care, cafeteria plan for insurance benefits.

Beaumont Independent School District is an Equal Opportunity Employer in full compliance with Title VI, Civil Rights Act, 1964; Title IX, Education Amendment, 1972; Section 504, Rehabilitation Act, 1973.  BISD does not discriminate on the basis of sex, national origin, race, color, veteran or marital status, age, religion, or the presence of a medical condition, disability or any other legally protected status in making decisions regarding employees or students in all its functions.

Students

Enrollment
High School...........................................5,952
Middle School........................................4,572
Elementary School.............................10,295
TOTAL...................................................20,819

Age Requirements

Kindergarten: Five years old on or before Sept. 1
First Grade: Six years old on or before Sept. 1

Transportation

According to state law, students must live two or more miles from the school they attend to be eligible for bus transportation.  Bus service is available to all BISD students meeting the requirement.

National and State Tests

Metropolitan Readiness Test; Texas Assessment of Academic Skills; Texas Primary Reading Inventory; Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test; Scholastic Aptitude Test; American College Test; Texas Academic Skills Program.

Special Programs and Services

• Academic Decathlon
• Adult Education and Young Adult Night School
• Advanced Placement Classes
• Art, Speech and Theatre Arts
• Arts Related Curriculum
• Athletics and Physical Education
• Career Technology
• Challenge (Grades 2-5)
• Chapter Programs
• Communities in Schools
• Community Education
• Comprehensive Summer Enrichment Program
• Dance and Gymnastics
• Distance Learning Lab
• Dyslexia Classes
• Early Childhood Education
• Educational Enhancement for Non-Degree Personnel
• English as a Second Language
• Enterprise 2002
• Even Start
• Extended Day Classes
• Extended Year Classes
• Extended Year School (Special Needs Students)
• Food and Nutrition Services (Breakfast, Lunch)
• Foreign Languages
• Future Problem Solving
• Goals Night at Each School Campus
• Guidance and Counseling Services
• Head Start
• Health Services
• High Schools That Work (Central High School)
• Home Instruction Program for Preschool Youngsters
• Individual Humanities Program and Honors Classes (Grades 6-8)
• Information Services/Technology
• Integrated Learning Systems
• Key Communicators
• Kindergarten (Full-day Program)
• Library Services
• Multisensory Phonics
• Music (Choir, Band and Orchestra)
• Odyssey of the Mind
• Online Encyclopedia
• Operation Breakthrough!
• Optional Extended Year Program (K-Grade 8)
• Parent-Teacher Associations
• Parental Involvement Program
• Peer Assistance Program
• Pegasus (Odom Academy, Ozen High School)
• Prekindergarten
• Principles of the Alphabet Literacy System
• Project Step Up
• Pupil Enrichment Program
• Read for Texas
• Reading Recovery Program<
• Reteach Policy
• Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
• School/Business Partnerships
• School Volunteer Program
• Secondary Humanities Program and Honors Classes (Grades 9-12)
• Secondary Science Fairs
• Senior Citizen Activity Passes
• Southeast Texas Regional Day School Program for the Deaf
• Special Education (Comprehensive Program)<
• Stakeholder Friendly Conference
• Step Forward
• Teenage Parenting Program
• Think and Create (K-Grade 3)
• Two Step
• University Interscholastic League Participation
• Urban Education Summit
• Writing to Read
• Writing to Write

Accreditation

All Beaumont Independent School District schools are fully accredited by the Texas Education Agency.