BISD BOARD TO DISCUSS ‘YOUTH FACILITY’ MONDAY

  

In addition to approving Eliot Allen as the new Brenham Athletic Director and Football Coach, the Brenham School Board will get an update a controversial juvenile treatment facility.

The district could be called on to provide educational services for the Bluebonnet Haven facility, under construction near the State Supported Living Center on Highway 36 South.

The project has drawn concern and interest of local leaders and citizens in the wake of numerous escapes from a similar facility in New Ulm.  In one of those cases, a young man set fire to a nearby home and watched it burn until firefighters arrived.

BISD Superintendent Dr. Walter Jackson says he’s concerned that Bluebonnet Haven could affect the Brenham District’s accountability in meeting state standards.

Jackson says the Brenham District would be responsible for educating the facility’s youths.

Bluehaven’s principal owner Randall Bryant claims opposition to the facility is “politically-motivated”.

No date has been set for the opening of the facility.

The Brenham School Board meets Monday at noon at Brenham High School.