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Our take?   Okay....Chargois is OUT no matter what. Really he is gone. Ambres might make him the lamb on the slaughter table because she has nothing to lose. He is out either way. The first action the new board will make is to fire him - no doubt in our minds. If they leave the old board in - and give them ONE MORE CHANCE - uh....he is still gone. He is the leader, he is arrogant, he is defiant, and his response to the TEA and the now famous presser has infuriated TEA. As one leader told us : "It was like he said bring it on."   Second, Ambres is simply not a leader. And there is a dysfunctional board. They cannot operate the district. So a board of managers must come in. And it works as the elections are not slated until May 2015 - which the new board of managers can draw the district, settle down the finances and get back to running a district.   Third, Jefferson County District Attorney Crenshaw has laid the gauntlet down. He is going to prosecute. He has Texas Rangers, he has his investigators, FBI agents (whoopee)  and he has a team dedicated to bringing it all together. He may be the one that cleans out BISD - which should have been done years ago. But as you can tell - he is doing it right. Quietly and with outside investigators that know - NOBODY. So - with that all we have left to say it is Tea Time in Beaumont Texas.   One last thought - we have NOT HEARD from Mayor Becky Ames and Jefferson County Judge Jeff Branick - the two leaders of the community. We have heard from the doctors, chamber, real-estate people, and others, but we have not heard from - well - we have not heard from the two leaders.   That should happen. If they don't say anything to the media - shame. As well from other city council officials in Beaumont. As Beaumont continues to slide downhill   [Hidden Content]

He helped create the mess he is in. If he was not "involved" in the problem, he would have distanced himself from the beginning and started solving problems. It appears he was letting the district run him instead of the other way around.  I think it will be proven that he had an understanding of the legal/criminal issues going on in the district or he was too weak a leader to investigate the problems and just ignored them......   Either way......it's HIS ship that is about to sink!

Yea Dove..... Looks like they are going to take care of all the criminals..... Do you have a problem with that?

If Jessie Haynes never drank before.....I bet she's hitting that bottle right now.......   I bet she has a lot of information she is holding for poker chips......

    Well....every once in a while we agree.....Community advisors would be good......but you still need someone accountable.

Meaning he should hire a diverse group of people.....people that think differently....you can add color if you like,(not where I was going though).   I also read ....."   If a takeover is approved, a board of managers would replace the elected school board members.  The power of the elected board would be suspended for no more than two years.  The board of managers would be made up of people from the community including business people and community leaders.  The commissioner would also appoint a superintendent.   So, does the current Superintendent still receive a paycheck for the next 2 years?

Aggie, has Williams ever had to take over a district before? And if so, do you know if it was successful?

This should get interesting....... One person gets to make up a board of managers to run the school district for two years....... Does he hire diversity are people that think like him?

Finally

I think we are all in agreement here....

Judge rejects BISD claim for about $350,000 in Calvin Walker forfeited funds   and he also rejected Walkers claim for about $2.7 million of what he forfeited to the government......BECAUSE "The word "Altered" is not fraud so stop twisting it!"    But.......he will receive $200,000 in funds seized from him amid criminal charges....   Keeping up with all this could really be a full tme job......     [Hidden Content]

  The word "Altered" is not fraud so stop twisting it!  LOL......

Attorney sends letter promising legal action if Atkins isn't rehired at Ozen today   "They knew," Atkins said. "They said they'd called around about my character and they understood people would not be OK with 'the allegation'." Atkins told The Enterprise he spoke at length about the allegation and suspension with Chargois as early as the Friday after the board meeting.   [Hidden Content]

  Blue......"our communities" or "my community"......BISD should be one community. What is causing all the issues? It is NOT the media. I think everyone wants what is best for the kids.....and based on the information that has been reported (and investigated) it should not include the existing school board.

  If there is nothing to report, there is nothing to report. BISD is making it's own problems. You can blaim the media all day long.....but if you want it to stop, BISD needs to stop doing stupid stuff.....

  I agree with you.....They should get A LOT of community service

The 9th grade students, who are juveniles, are being charged with a state jail felony, section 2808, graffiti. The charge is upgraded from a misdemeanor because it was done on a school property.     [Hidden Content]

I'm glad he came forward as well. The truth sometimes hurts.

Yea....no need to investigate......let's just move forward.......   THAT'S exactly what's wrong.....

Board president Gwen Ambres said the process to get Beaumont ISD back on track doesn't involve placing blame on Chargois or his predecessor, Thomas.   "Do we need to be able to point a finger and place blame?," she asked. "Is that our goal to single someone out? Or is a better use of our time and talent to say, 'We have a gap here and this is the way things have gone on in the past but here's a better way and let's do things the better way.'"     [Hidden Content]

That's exactly what it looks like. TEA needs to come in and stop the bleeding.

  I don't see how Chargois is going to survive this.......there is only a handful of his supporters left....   No one has said if a contract was actually signed......I'm wondering if that will play a part.   As for the negative publicity......you couldn't make this stuff up.......   Oh yea.....and Jessie is appealing the workers comp claim.......while she is still on the BISD payroll..........

I have watched this thread for weeks and didn't see much taking up for BISD. I thought the good tax paying citizens of Beaumont had finally had enough. I thought they were tired of wasting their tax dollars, depriving their kids of a good education and helping increase the property values of all the surrounding cities......   Then I went to the football forum........we still have folks blaming media bias, trying to call out other districts wrong doings (like that would fix anything) and even trying to marginalize a teacher getting his license suspended for improper relationship with a student.....really??  Do we hire convicted pedophiles for daycare workers if they "served their time"??   It is very apparent that the problem in BISD is not JUST BISD......it's some of the voting taxpayers that make excuses and allow this corruption to continue........

Chargois is in a pickle......   In one aspect I sympathize with him(he walked into a mess)....but on the other, it appears he played the favorites/political game just like everyone else. He did not take swift action against the public figures.....had he fired Jessi Haynes, he would be in much better shape right now.   It  does not look like he was smart enough to see his future and everything blowing up around him.....