Brownsville ISD board approves 2025-26 calendar, professional-development plan, JROTC MOA and website contract; restores travel funding for third-place student‑

Brownsville Independent School District trustees on March 4 approved multiple agenda items central to district operations for the 2025–26 school year, including the instructional calendar, the district's professional‑development requirements, a memorandum of agreement to establish an Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps unit at Rivera High School, and a new contract for website and civil‑rights monitoring services. Trustees also voted to restore district funding to cover travel for third‑place student qualifiers to national competitions.

The board voted unanimously on the consent and contract items. The board approved the Option A 2025–26 instructional calendar after staff described a pilot extended‑summer program funded through an ADSY PEP grant that will invite all first‑grade students at five site campuses to attend eight additional days in July for literacy and math instruction and enrichment. Board discussion included logistics (site selection, student eligibility and use of lead teachers) and a request for a follow‑up committee briefing on implementation. Trustees approved the…