BRENHAM ISD BOARD OF TRUSTEES APPROVE OPTIONAL FLEXIBLE SCHOOL DAY PROGRAM
The Brenham ISD Board of Trustees met Monday evening at Alton Elementary and heard a review of Pride Academy’s Optional Flexible School Day program, and afterwards approved the application for this year’s program.
Michael Watts, principal of Pride Academy, gave the school board at rundown on what OFDSP is, and who the program is aimed at helping, including students who cannot attend the entire school year, need to get a job during school hours, those who are coming back to earn their high school diploma or get school credit.
There are currently seven students in the program, who come to the program from 7:30am to 11:30am or 10:30am to 2:30pm. Students must attend a minimum of 45 minutes on a given day to be recorded, up to a maximum of 10 hours. The number of minutes has been reduced to 240 from 340.
The Board then approved the application for the 2015-2016 year as submitted.
The Board also received monetary donations to the district from the Brenham Education Foundation mini grants, which was presented by Jon Hill, Vice President of the Brenham Education Foundation.
The mini grants approved totaled $18,983.66.
The District also received $1,500 from Andrea Holle, to support the Hillacious Invitational for the Brenham High School cross country team.
The Athletic department received two checks in the amount of $46,500 to support the programs, and $20,000 for the eVenue Temp system from Run for the Youth of Washington County, the organization that administers the Blue Bell Fun Run.
A program report the Community Education Beautification Bonanza by Jeremy Johnston. This project concerns the renovation of the Community Education Building, and Johnston is hoping that the people in the community will come to the building on October 31st to help restore the oldest district-own building in the county.
The program is looking for volunteers to help with the project, with such activities such as painting and landscaping. Lowes in Brenham has said that they will donate the materials for the landscaping and Sherwin Williams has expressed interest in donating the paint, so all that is needed now are the volunteers.
The Board also saw a presentation on the Champion Drive Program by the Director of Special Education Leslie Broesche. This is the program where Brenham High School students involve special needs students in the raising and caring of animals.
A total of $10,000 was raised and involved fifty eight “buddies, twice as many as last year.
The Board also heard a presentation and performance of Alton Elementary School students, who performed two songs to a room full of parents.
