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BISD faces social media backlash over possible stadium name change
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1of75Nearing completion, new signage for Memorial Stadium can be seen on the Beaumont Independent School District s football stadium. The signage came after a three-year long debate to change the name from the Carrol A. Butch Thomas Educational Support Center. The name, Memorial Stadium, was chosen to reflect several schools in the district s history.Photo taken Monday, 1/7/19Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise, Photo EditorShow MoreShow Less
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Quarde Alfred gathers with other BISD staffers at a football game at Beaumont Memorial Stadium. Photo courtesy of BISDBISDShow MoreShow Less
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Name of Memorial Stadium?
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Nearing completion, new signage for Memorial Stadium can be seen on the Beaumont Independent School District s football stadium. The signage came after a three-year long debate to change the name from the Carrol A. Butch Thomas Educational Support Center. The name, Memorial Stadium, was chosen to reflect several schools in the district s history.Photo taken Monday, 1/7/19Guiseppe Barranco/The Enterprise, Photo Editor
Beaumont ISD’s board of trustees will again discuss renaming the district’s football stadium, almost three years after the last vote highlighted divisions in the Beaumont community.
The one line item in the district’s Tuesday meeting agenda says the board will “consider renaming the BISD Memorial Stadium Facility.”