The Brownwood Independent School District’s Board of Trustees met on Monday night in their regular session and was presented with a proposed plan for dual credit classes.
Under current school policy, students taking dual credit classes receive college credit for the course, but they do not get any credit towards their high school grade point average.
BISD presented to trustees a plan that will allow all dual credit classes to count towards the student’s GPA with some courses counting with weighted credit just as an advanced placement class does.
The dual credit issue has been heavily discussed over the last few school board meetings with several differing opinions. When BISD Superintendent Reece Blincoe asked trustee Tim Jacobs if he liked the proposal, Jacobs responded, “Right on.”
This will take effect in August 2010 and will not affect current juniors and seniors.
The board will vote to approve the policy in next month’s school board meeting.
In other business Monday night, trustees approved new member appointments to the School Health Advisory Committee by adding three new adult members and three new students. Angie Calhoun, Julie Moore, and Tammie Seymore were approved to the committee along with freshmen Nathalie DeLaTorre, Alex Hernandez, and Maci Maxfield.
Trustees also discussed plans to move forward with future construction projects for the year including the next phase of renovations on Northwest Elementary, construction of a new Ag barn, resurfacing of the high school track, and resurfacing of the high school gym parking lot. The board voted to approve moving forward with some of these projects with the at-risk delivery method where the contractor assumes the risk of construction at the contracted price called a Guaranteed Maximum Price.
The school board also approved a waiver for the 2010-2011 school calendar to have 177 instructional days which would allow 3 days for directed professional development for teachers regarding the district’s computers and other technology.
The district also approved the 2009-2010 technology plan that was put together by the technology committee and drives the direction and operation of technology in the district. The state requires schools to rewrite technology plans every three years and update them annually.
