SCHOOL NEWS
Nocona readies its triennial
The Nocona High School Ex-Students Association is busy planning the 2016 Triennial Homecoming following a Jan. 13 meeting.
Honor classes for this year’s celebration will be 1964, 1965 and 1966. Nocona will celebrate with the traditional parade, barbecue lunch , Hall of Honor induction and many other festivities.
The committee is still looking for NHS Hall of Honor nominees. Hobie Meekins, committee member, said they hope to have these chosen by May. Anyone nominations should be sent to 105 E. Hwy 82 in Nocona.
A date and a theme for this year’s event will be chosen after the committee receives the football schedule in late February or early March. They are hoping to set the date for a weekend in September.
Anyone who is interested in being a part of the planning is invited to the next meeting at 7 p.m. on March 8 at Meekins home, located at 107 Monroe St. in Nocona.
The committee will in touch with at least one person from every graduating class. These individuals will contact the other members of their class to make sure everyone is invited to the upcoming event.
“We invite around 3,000 people,” said Meekins. “And every year we graduate 50 to 60 kids so we are adding to this huge group and celebration.”
For more information, Nocona graduates can visit the website at http://www.noconagrads.info/ and follow the Facebook page, https://www.facebook.com/NOCONAHSHOMECOMING/.
Bowie Independent School Trustees continued work on the 2026-27 budget during its Aug. 17 meeting including the creation of a salary schedule and establishing a proposed tax rate.
The budget and 2026 proposed tax rate will be up for adoption in an early morning meeting at 7 a.m. on Aug. 31, just at the brink of the new fiscal year.
The salary schedule is based in large part on the Texas Association of School Board’s salary study commissioned by the district. Per the study teacher salaries are above the market median at most benchmarked years. They are most competitive at year 0 where they are 5% above the market median and least competitive at year five where they are 1% below the marked median.
District officials initiated the salary study to get more definitive information where its salaries fall and while some areas were in the range, other category of employees fell below the market. Trustees discussed the need to move auxiliary staff and custodial closer to the market level.
Superintendent Donna Hale and Finance Director Paula Peterson explained the new schedule will not be an across-the-board percentage increase, but focus on getting all employee pay scales closer to the market averages.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonnline.com
Bowie Independent School District Trustees began plowing through the 2026-27 budget at its first workshop on Aug. 3.
The center of discussion was presentation of the salary study commissioned by the district through the Texas Association of School Boards. Laura Wurman of TASB explained how the data was gathered and developed into recommendations for the district.
Purpose of the study is to assess competitive pay levels for common jobs. Wurman said they analyses market data to determine where the district is at risk and identified priorities for pay system improvements.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Diana Calderon will join the Bowie High School staff as assistant principal in the new school year.
She comes to Bowie from Lake Dallas Elementary School where she served as assistant principal since 2024. Her prior positions include administrator at Decatur High School from 2022-2024, and English as a second language director at Ponder High School and Middle School from 2017 to 2022.
Calderon’s educational background began with a bachelor of business management in 2007 from the University of Phoenix. She earned her master degree in bilingual education from Southern Methodist University in 2018 and a master’s in educational leadership also in 2018.
The educator is working on her doctorate of educational leadership.
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