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CISD board approves Bluebonnet curriculum and authorizes purchase
Summary
The Center ISD Board of Trustees voted unanimously on March 25, 2025, to adopt the Bluebonnet curriculum and approved funds to purchase it after a staff presentation on the transition plan; the minutes record the votes as 6-0 but do not list a dollar amount for the expenditure.
The Center Independent School District Board of Trustees voted to adopt the Bluebonnet curriculum and authorized the district to spend the funds necessary to implement it. The action came after a staff presentation on a proposed transition plan and implementation challenges during a special called meeting on March 25, 2025; the minutes record the adoption vote as 6-0.
Chief Academic Officer Brandy Bennefield and Curriculum and RTI Director Amber Mathews provided background on the Bluebonnet curriculum and outlined the transition plan and the costs the district would face if the board approved the change. Following that presentation, Trustee Gregg Hubbard moved, and Trustee Casey Lout seconded, to approve the curriculum and transition plan; the motion carried 6-0. Trustee Casey Lout then moved, and Trustee Cody Miller seconded, to approve the expenditure necessary to acquire the curriculum; that motion carried 6-0 as recorded in the minutes. The minutes do not specify the dollar amount of the purchase approved.
The board took the votes in open session; the minutes do not record individual yes/no votes by name, only the tally. The approval means district staff may proceed with the transition plan described by Bennefield and Mathews. The minutes do not record a timeline for implementation or a breakdown of the expenditure; those details were not specified in the provided record.
