March 26, 2015

Board of Trustees Meeting Summary

The Board of Trustees met in regular session on Thursday,
March 26. The following link will provide you a summary of actions taken at their meeting.

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Board Revises 14-15 Calendar

The Board of Trustees approved revising the 2014-15 school calendar because of the inclement weather day on Feb. 24. June 1 will now be a full day. June 2-3 will be half days with Wednesday, June 3 the last day of school. June 4 will be a student holiday/teacher preparation day.

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Board Approves Sale/Refinancing of Bonds, Saving Taxpayers Millions

At their regular February meeting, BISD's Board of Trustees authorized the sale of $105 million in bonds during March 2015. The Board is selling bonds at this time to take advantage of historically low interest rates, thus saving taxpayers interest on bonds approved by voters in November 2014. In addition, the Board voted to refinance $99,272,054 of Series 2007 and 2008 bonds to also take advantage of the historically low interest rates.

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Team Birdville for Race for the Cure 5K

If you would like to participate in our 5K for Team Birdville Race for the Cure, please register soon at http://greaterfortworth.info-komen.org/goto/BirdvilleISD. The date is April 25. If you have questions, please contact BISD's team captain, Lydia Calahan, at extension 1821 or lydia.calahan@birdvilleschools.net.

Your Username is Changing

On April 6, ALL BISD staff user IDs will change. The new username for ALL staff will be
b+5 digit employee ID (i.e., b12345 or b01234). Your password WILL NOT change.

This change will effect systems such as: computer/laptop login, Webmail access, BISD Secure Wi-Fi in iPads and smartphones, mail settings on iPads and smartphones, eduphoria! and more!

Campus Transfer Requests eTransfer Application Instructions

Employees interested in applying for a campus transfer may access the eTransfer application (internal application) from the Birdville website. Please note: The eTransfer postings are generic and not an indication there is a definite opening at each campus. As openings occur, principals will review eTransfer requests and contact staff they wish to consider. eTransfer postings will remain listed on the Job Board through
August 28, 2015.

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