Important Dates:
August 11 - Board Budget Workshop - 5:00 PM
August 11 - Regular School Board Meeting - 7:00 PM
August 12 - New Teacher Orientation - Dulles High School - 8:00 AM
August 16 - FBISD Parent Organizations/Booster Clubs Meeting - 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM - Admin. Annex
August 19 - Summer Graduation, Wheeler Field House - 6:30 PM
August 25 - Classes begin for the 2008-09 school year
August 25 - Budget Public Hearing - Board Room - 5:00 PM
August 25 - Regular School Board Meeting/Adopt Budget and Tax Rate - 7:00 PM
Sept. 1 - Labor Day Holiday
2009 FBISD Tax Hearing (On YouTube)
CLICK HERE FOR THE 2009 FBISD CONTROVERSIAL TAX HEARING (YES THEY ARE RAISING THEM AGAIN--see petition of over 500 district taxpayers asking for board accountability)
--In case anyone missed it they raised the property tax rate again (4th time) in 2010 and more than likely will do so again in 2011 facing another projected 15-20 million dollar budget deficit, according to some media reports.
***NEW*** ..Petition TO STOP THE GSTC (Global Science Museum being planned at the district central office--near $30 million dollar project that superintendent Jenney is pushing): http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/stopthegcst/ (see update below on this apparently ending this project after 2 years)