NEWS
BISD Trustees meet on personnel issues this Monday
Bowie Independent School District Trustees will consider professional educator contracts and the vacant Bowie High School assistant principal position when they meet at 5:30 p.m. May 15.
The personnel discussions will take place in executive session with any action back in open session.
Also in closed session, the board will discuss the district safety plan. A teacher certification waiver request will be offered to allow a qualified individual to teach outside of the area of certification in alternative education.
Trustees will be introduced to members of the top 10% of the graduating class and to the BISD Collegiate Academy Graduate. Elementary school mentors also will be recognized.
In his informational reports, Superintendent Blake Enlow will give details for a possible educational field trip for a group of junior high students to Washington D.C. next year.
Preliminary property values for 2023 will be reviewed along with a discussion on course offerings and course weights.
Campus principals will give year-end reports and the finance director the monthly financial reports.
In action items the board will act upon an extension of the bank depository contract with Jacksboro National Bank for two more years.
A request to spend $55,000 of career technology funds for a greenhouse will be presented, for board discussion along with a waiver for a missed school day for the school safety event on May 5.
Nocona High School’s ladies basketball team defeated San Saba 54-37 to win the 2A Division 1 state championship. (Photo by Jordan Neal)
Watch for full coverage with photos and stats in your Bowie News
This is the Bowie city manager’s report for Feb. 25.
The week of March 13 will be a busy week. We have two bid openings for March 13.
The first one is for phase two of the sewer line project. This will cover new sewer lines for the following streets: Coffield, Strong, Roach, Hudspeth and the alley behind Hulme. We still have not gotten an easement for the Glen Hills lift station from the property owners, but the city attorney is working with the owners to finally get that.
The second bid opening is for the Downtown Revitalization project for a section of Smythe Street. The plans were finally approved and it was put out for bid.
Work at the substation transformer project has come to a halt. We kept having the same problems of getting the necessary components, so Electric Department Head Jay Evans sent the contractor home until all the necessary equipment was in place, and then it would be completed, which would take about a month or two, depending on when the contractor and transformer crew could come back.
Luckily, we have had very few problems with the extremely cold weather. Most of the crews are staying in and cleaning up their respective shops. The guys are looking forward to spring.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Nelson Street drainage project was officially completed with the last payment made to the contractor on a project that began more than four years ago.
While Nelson Street reopened three months ago to traffic, the contract was not closed out as MX Construction was directed to complete things on the final “punch list,” along with paying off all of the subcontractors.
On Tuesday, Mike Tibbetts of Hayter Engineering offered his recommendation to pay MX Construction.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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