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It’s a really top-heavy district, attendance-wise. You’ve got Lumberton, Splendora, and Livingston all dropping down for this realignment, and with LCM and having recently dropped down from 5A. Huffman’s enrollment is way up there, too. 
It’s also important to notice that despite all of that size, there isn’t a typical powerhouse in the group. 
Of course I’m expecting my Cardinals to finish at the top of the District, but fans from pretty much any school in the district  can realistically expect the same. It is truly wide-open at this point. 

Man, whoever is naming things in BISD these days needs to think outside the box a little.  
 
In all honesty, I'm pretty sure that regardless of what they end up naming it, we'll all be calling it the Butch until the end of time.  

It’s a really top-heavy district, attendance-wise. You’ve got Lumberton, Splendora, and Livingston all dropping down for this realignment, and with LCM and having recently dropped down from 5A. Huffman’s enrollment is way up there, too. 
It’s also important to notice that despite all of that size, there isn’t a typical powerhouse in the group. 
Of course I’m expecting my Cardinals to finish at the top of the District, but fans from pretty much any school in the district  can realistically expect the same. It is truly wide-open at this point. 

It’s a really top-heavy district, attendance-wise. You’ve got Lumberton, Splendora, and Livingston all dropping down for this realignment, and with LCM and having recently dropped down from 5A. Huffman’s enrollment is way up there, too. 
It’s also important to notice that despite all of that size, there isn’t a typical powerhouse in the group. 
Of course I’m expecting my Cardinals to finish at the top of the District, but fans from pretty much any school in the district  can realistically expect the same. It is truly wide-open at this point. 

Man, whoever is naming things in BISD these days needs to think outside the box a little.  
 
In all honesty, I'm pretty sure that regardless of what they end up naming it, we'll all be calling it the Butch until the end of time.  

Man, whoever is naming things in BISD these days needs to think outside the box a little.  
 
In all honesty, I'm pretty sure that regardless of what they end up naming it, we'll all be calling it the Butch until the end of time.  

Amen.... Newton hasn’t faced a team like WOS since the last time they played WOS.
 

I think most people know how good of a program Newton has. Especially people in NE and SETX. 
I think Newton will go 2-1 in these 3 games. Beat Silsbee and split with Gilmer/WOS.
Beat all 3 and win the ship going 16-0, and you are getting a rarefied air.
Just not sure they can beat both Gilmer and WOS. That is a tough task for any team to beat both in the same season. If the mighty Carthage played those 3 in pre-district I would probably pick them to be 2-1 also. Just hard to beat 3 good teams with a big enrollment advantage before district. Not saying Newton can’t win all 3, but I would be surprised. Kudos to Newton for putting a tough schedule together to challenge a team who won’t be challenged much by 3a teams this years. 

Heck, I even bash my own sometimes. 

Exactly!

Heck, I even bash my own sometimes. 

LOL, I'm just glad to be talking football again, yes Newton has their hands full with the Stangs,Gilmer & Silsbee will be a great game.

I’m just over here shaking my head.... it’s like Newton Fan has forgotten how they ran and hid from WOS for the last few years. 

Exactly!

Amen.... Newton hasn’t faced a team like WOS since the last time they played WOS.
 

Amen.... Newton hasn’t faced a team like WOS since the last time they played WOS.
 

Amen.... Newton hasn’t faced a team like WOS since the last time they played WOS.
 

Amen.... Newton hasn’t faced a team like WOS since the last time they played WOS.
 

The District was so poorly managed that the State has to come in and clean up the mess... and the ISD isn’t out of the woods yet. In fact, there are no indications that the state intends to turn anything over anytime soon.  
But people think they should leave the stadium named after the guy who ran the whole thing into the ground. 
And your right... a LOT of the people in Beaumont would like to see the name stay as it is. But then again, these are the people who elected that bunch of clowns in the first place, and who will undoubtedly elect the same clowns (or their kids, lol) to pick up right where Butch, Calvin, Haynes, and everybody else left off. 
There are WAY too many people that actually DESERVE to have that facility named after them. Sadly, based on his body of work, Dr Thomas isn’t one of them.  Unless you consider being the highest paid Super in the state AND still having your district taken over by the state for corruption a good thing.  
 

The District was so poorly managed that the State has to come in and clean up the mess... and the ISD isn’t out of the woods yet. In fact, there are no indications that the state intends to turn anything over anytime soon.  
But people think they should leave the stadium named after the guy who ran the whole thing into the ground. 
And your right... a LOT of the people in Beaumont would like to see the name stay as it is. But then again, these are the people who elected that bunch of clowns in the first place, and who will undoubtedly elect the same clowns (or their kids, lol) to pick up right where Butch, Calvin, Haynes, and everybody else left off. 
There are WAY too many people that actually DESERVE to have that facility named after them. Sadly, based on his body of work, Dr Thomas isn’t one of them.  Unless you consider being the highest paid Super in the state AND still having your district taken over by the state for corruption a good thing.  
 

The District was so poorly managed that the State has to come in and clean up the mess... and the ISD isn’t out of the woods yet. In fact, there are no indications that the state intends to turn anything over anytime soon.  
But people think they should leave the stadium named after the guy who ran the whole thing into the ground. 
And your right... a LOT of the people in Beaumont would like to see the name stay as it is. But then again, these are the people who elected that bunch of clowns in the first place, and who will undoubtedly elect the same clowns (or their kids, lol) to pick up right where Butch, Calvin, Haynes, and everybody else left off. 
There are WAY too many people that actually DESERVE to have that facility named after them. Sadly, based on his body of work, Dr Thomas isn’t one of them.  Unless you consider being the highest paid Super in the state AND still having your district taken over by the state for corruption a good thing.  
 

I think it is time to move in one direction or another.  It has been 5 years since Butch Thomas retired and several audits have been performed by BISD or its associates in regard to BISD while Thomas was the super.
If BISD Board of Managers have the goods on Thomas, then they need to turn it over to the Jefferson County DA or the US Attorney.  Then, an indictment needs to be obtained after which he can be tried and, if the evidence shows it, convicted.  Once that is done, then I figure that a change of name of the stadium will be no brainer at that time.
However, absent that, BISD, as Dr. Frossard noted, has much bigger fish to fry than whether folks like the name of the football stadium.   It is time to move forward past this time.
Of course, if someone wants to buy the rights to the stadium and rename it, I think BISD should not put up a fight. 

The District was so poorly managed that the State has to come in and clean up the mess... and the ISD isn’t out of the woods yet. In fact, there are no indications that the state intends to turn anything over anytime soon.  
But people think they should leave the stadium named after the guy who ran the whole thing into the ground. 
And your right... a LOT of the people in Beaumont would like to see the name stay as it is. But then again, these are the people who elected that bunch of clowns in the first place, and who will undoubtedly elect the same clowns (or their kids, lol) to pick up right where Butch, Calvin, Haynes, and everybody else left off. 
There are WAY too many people that actually DESERVE to have that facility named after them. Sadly, based on his body of work, Dr Thomas isn’t one of them.  Unless you consider being the highest paid Super in the state AND still having your district taken over by the state for corruption a good thing.  
 

And, I guess that’s how someone one would justify turning down money. 
There’s two sides to the argument. Naming the stadium after a controversial figure at the time he was still clinging to office by his corrupt (allegedly) fingertips was a gigantic “F” you to opponents by the trustees who were eventually removed by the state.
Here’s one outsider’s opinion. Based on what time has uncovered regarding BISD administration and their failures during that time, defending the name is equally as repugnant as those trying to remove it for no particular reason. Or at least not one they’d admit in public. 
It’s a name.  It’s nothing but symbolic. If the name has some special meaning for you because it’s “ours,” you’re no different than the guys who would take down for racial reasons.  
It might come as a surprise to you, but most people who are opposed to the name would happily replace it with the name of another person of color whose name doesn’t carry the negative connotations that Dr. Thomas’s name does. But then again, why should color be a factor in selecting a person to be honored?

Sell the naming rights. 
Nobody can argue for turning down money just to keep a controversial name posted.