Running Start

Welcome to the 2025-2026 School Year!

Who: All 9th - 12th grade students.

What: Running Start is an opportunity to get back to school tasks taken care of early.

When: Thursday, July 31, 2025 

Time: 8am-4pm (any grade level student can come at any time)

Where: LIT's Multipurpose Center, 855 Lavaca St. 

Running Start Highlights

• Check your courses
• Reunite with classmates
• Get your parking permit
• Purchase t-shirts and sweaters
• Pay dues for your club memberships
• Pick up your assigned Chromebook
• Get your new ID
• . . . and much more!

PARENTS DO NOT NEED TO ATTEND WITH THE STUDENT AS LONG AS ONLINE REGISTRATION AND THE CHROMEBOOK INSURANCE PROCESSESS ARE COMPLETED AHEAD OF TIME.

All returning KCA students must be cleared of any fines before being allowed to go through Running Start.  If you left the prior year with any unpaid debt, you will need to bring cash or a credit card to clear the debt when you arrive.  If you have books or technology, they need to be returned.  Starting on July 22, 2025 you can call 409-617-6600 to check your debts.

Below you will find the list of all tasks that need to be completed. 

 

1. Registration

• Returning BISD students: (those that attended a BISD school last year) must complete online registration - start here. 
  • This must be done through parent self-serve.  If a parent self-serve account needs to be created, then start by clicking "Register" on the parent self-serve page.  Email us at echs@bmtisd.com if you need help with account access.
    • If a parent self-serve account needs to be created, parents will need to have the following information ready:
      • Parent and student names
      • Student ID #
      • Student Date of Birth
      • Home zip code
  • Unless there has been an address change, returning students DO NOT need to submit any documents once online registration is complete.

 

• Previously enrolled students: register here for students that were in BISD previously, withdrew, and are now returning.

 

• New Students: Complete the BISD online form here.  

 

Students new to the district and previously enrolled students need to upload the needed documents (Eng | Span) straight to the registration form.  If preferred, parents can also submit these documents by scanning and emailing to ytorre1@bmtisd.com, taking pictures and emailing, dropping them through the mail slot at the front of the building, or call 409-617-6600 to make an appointment to come to campus to make copies.  Parents have 30 days after the start of school to submit all supporting documentation.  Be sure to include the student's name and ID# on all documentation and communication.

 

2. Student Self-Serve

• Check/Create student self-serve account here.  This is where you will find your class schedule on the first day of school.
  • Academic pathways can be reviewed here.
  • Email Ms. Pharis if you are unsure of your chosen pathway.
  • Remember, only 11th and 12th grade students have chosen a pathway.  9th and 10th grade classes are the same on each of the pathways.

 

3. Student Parking

• Apply for a Parking Permit here.

 

4. Student Dress and Grooming

• UPDATED 7/15/25 - CHECK out the revised dress code (new for the 2025-2026 school year) on the BISD Back to School page - https://www.bmtisd.com/family/back-to-school

 

5. Electronic Device Policy

• UPDATED 7/15/25 - CHECK out the revised electronic device policy (new for the 2025-2026 school year) on the BISD Back to School page - https://www.bmtisd.com/family/back-to-school

 

6. School Supplies

• School supply lists will be given on the first day of school by each teacher.  Always report to school with something to write with and something to write on.

 

7. Campus Info

• Review basic campus information under the About Us tab of this website.

 

8. My School Bucks (pay for things online)

• At the first station, parents or students must show on their phones that they have a MySchoolBucks account.
• If you don't have one, create an account with MySchoolBucks.  Link a form of payment to the account.
• This is where parents have to accept or decline insurance for Chromebooks.  Declining insurance WILL NOT make any charges to the linked credit card.  Accepting insurance will.  Either way - you will need to "check out" to complete the process.
• Other online payments such as t-shirts, paying fines, and other school-related events/items can be taken care of through MySchoolBucks. 
• If you already have an account, items will start going live in mid-July.  After setting up your account and selecting your school district, look at the top menu bar for navigation.
• Have this screen pulled up on your phone before entering the building for Running Start and your process will go much faster.

 

9. Chromebooks

• Before receiving a campus issued device (Chromebook), students and parents need to complete the opt in/out of insurance.  https://www.bmtisd.com/departments/information-services/device-protection-plan

 

10. Review BISD Back to School Information

• https://www.bmtisd.com/family/back-to-school