The Brownwood ISD school board unanimously approved bids for repairs to East Elementary that will total more than $129,000.  The repairs will include roof and HAVC replacement in the 1984 addition of the school.  Brownwood contractor Lydick-Hooks roofing was awarded the roof bid for $71,030 while Heart of Texas Mechanical was awarded the HVAC job at a cost of $58,491 to the school.

The bids were presented and discussed by school board trustees in April regarding these repairs, but the issue was tabled when concerns about that state budget and education funding were raised.  After a month since the initial repair bids were presented, school officials said that no new information has been received from Austin regarding school funding in the budget.   Officials did comment that more than $600,000 in federal funding arrived recently that was not anticipated in current BISD budget.

In other matters on Monday’s school board agenda:

-3M Corporation donated 50 projectors to the district with a value of $66,900

-Superintendent Reece Blincoe reported that the district has already received 39 transfer requests from new students outside of the district for the next school year.

-The school board received a report on new UIL guidelines governing concussions related to sports.

-The board also received reports related to preliminary TAKS test results for 5th and 8th grade as well as a report on the district’s special education department.

-A construction report said that the new wing of East Elementary is being bricked, the old ag barn is being demolished, and the old building at Woodland Heights Elementary that is outside the regular campus will have the exterior walls removed and it will be converted into a pavilion.