Bowie School Board to meet July 20

Published

11 years ago

07/18/2015

Bowie Independent School District Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on July 20.

Several items for the next school year will be considered including the student code of conduct, student handbook and a local board policy revision concerning academic achievement/class ranking.

Potential new building projects will be discussed. Last month a new animal science facility located at the high school campus was proposed by the agriculture science staff.

Refurbishing of lockers at the intermediate and junior high schools also will be considered.

Bids for a school Suburban, a school car and pickup will all be opened.

The board will set a called meeting to discuss the proposed tax rate. Final property values will be released the last week of July.

Under information the principals will offer their monthly reports, along with the superintendent and finance director.

Curriculum Director Christie Walker will report on the Bowie ISD Community and School Engagement rating.

Rains bring relief to parched county

Published

2 hours ago

10/08/2026

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After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.

NEWS

Data centers worrying citizens

Published

3 hours ago

10/08/2026

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By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.

Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.