Change has been needed for a long time. After the first takeover the community voted back in the same idiots who'd presided over the disaster originally. It's hard to help people who won't help themselves. The amount of quality teachers that have left the district in the last 15 years is staggering. There were 28 classrooms at the campus I taught at in Beaumont. I left 4 1/2 years ago, and there are only 9 teachers left from when I taught there. How does a school have a 66% turnover rate in less than 5 years? I'll tell you how... an awful administration and lack of teacher support. On that whole campus there are 6 teachers with more than 6 years of teaching experience. At my new campus in another district there are also 28 teachers. 20 of us have more than 6 years experience. We have 12 teachers with 20 years of experience or more. Keep in mind that this district pays significantly less that BISD. There are dozens of teachers of the year in this area that spent time in Beaumont who took pay cuts to work elsewhere. If I'd been treated decently I would've worked my entire career at the school I started at. I loved my job, but hated the situation. BISD needs a complete overhaul, starting at the top.