NEWS
Hashmi family returns as the lone bidder for BMH property
Dr. Hasan Farid Hashmi
By BARBARA GREEN
With a second round of bid letting completed, the Bowie Hospital Authority is almost back where it started in early December with the Hashmi family from the Texas General Hospital group the sole bidder for the hospital.
The board of trustees met Monday evening to open the bid submitted by Dr. Hasan Farid Hashmi and his son, Faraz Hashmi. The price for the building and related buildings is $1.5 million to be paid in cash at the time of closing.
The bid includes the main hospital, former rehabilitation building, laundry and two-story house next to rehab.
The bid does not include the accounts receivable, which was a separate item in the bid package.
The board will meet at noon on Feb. 19 to consider the bid after it has been reviewed by legal counsel.
Back on Nov. 30, the Hashmi family made a bid through Texas General Hospital, its company that operates two hospitals in Grand Prairie and Grand Saline. Both were hospitals that had closed and were resurrected.
Dr. Hasan Hashmi is a prominent Paskistani surgeon specializing in colorectal surgery with a Lewisville base. His son, Faraz, vice president of operations for TGH, met with the board back in December. Both he and his father were present at Monday’s meeting. Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Top Photo: Faraz Hashmi talked with the board last December. (News file photo)
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Several personnel issues including the superintendent’s summative evaluation and filling the vacant intermediate principal position face the Bowie School Trustees when they meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The superintendent’s review is usually done in two parts during the year with the summative an effort to evaluate overall progress. Donna Hale’s contract also will be considered. as she marks her first year leading the district.
For the intermediate principal’s job, Jason Childress left the post last month taking the new formed director of student services, which will handle many of the tasks the assistant superintendent handled such as curriculum and test scores. That assistant position was eliminated by the board after Lee Ann Farris left the job. Childress’ resignation has been submitted.
Filling the principal’s job and consideration of a rental agreement for a portion of the bus parking lot property also are set for executive session. Any action all these topics will be considered back in open session.
On the regular agenda, the board will receive the 2025 fiscal audit for Jack County. A small portion of the district runs into that county.
The superintendent will provide operational reports and personnel updates. Childress will present the preliminary STAAR scores and the status of board goals, while Paula Peterson, finance director, gives the monthly financial report.
Numerous annual items will be up for action: Contract for cafeteria software; budget amendments; consider the ESSA application, the Montague and Jack County Tax Appraisal District budgets; library books for the elementary; ESC 9 contracts and a Texas Association of School Boards policy updates.
The board also will consider offering open enrollment for pre-kindergarten students for the next school year.
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