SCHOOL NEWS
Gold-Burg ISD to consider tax proposal
Gold-Burg Independent School District Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. to consider a proposed tax rate for 2016 and conduct further discussion on the 2016-17 budget.
Last week the district published a notice of public hearing for the budget and proposed tax rate that is unchanged for the new year.
Trustees will consider staying with $1.04 for maintenance and operation and .09 cents for debt service, for a total of $1.13 per $100 in property value.
The rate to maintain the same level of maintenance and operation and pay debt service was $1.52869, broken down in $1.43162 for maintenance and .09707 for debt.
Based on the average market value of a residence of $91,953, slightly increased from $84,926 last year, the proposed tax rate will create a $56.20 increase in the year’s tax bill.
In other agenda action items, a legal service agreement with Eichelbaum, Wardell, Hanson, Powell and Mehl, PC, will be reviewed, along with the student handbook and employee handbook.
A proposal will be presented from the Texas Association of School Board’s Risk Management Pool for 2016-17 insurance.
The district will enter in an agreement with Montague County to conduct a joint election in November, approve the Chapter 41 agreement for the purchase of attendance credits from the Texas Education Agency and enter into a contract with a real for the sale of a lot less than one acre in the Ringgold area.
An executive session is planned for personnel items, followed by Superintendent Roger Ellis’ report on roof repairs, summer repairs and maintenance, coming events, STAAR results and state rating if available.
Bowie school trustees began the arduous task of creating a 2024-25 budget during a lengthy workshop this week.
The board also reviewed some possible changes in the student/employee handbooks and codes of conduct.
Superintendent Blake Enlow said the board spent about two hours in discussion Monday night and began crunching numbers; however, many factors still remain unknown including state funding and local ad valorem tax revenue.
Trustees examined where the district stands for the rest of the fiscal year that ends in August. Finance Director Paula Peterson said the district is catching up on the arrival some state revenues, which she hopes will help offset the expect shortfall. The 2023-24 budget adopted with a half-million deficit, but Enlow said they hope to keep that down as much as possible.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
As the Bowie School District launches into its summer projects, several department heads offered their year-end reports to the trustees last Thursday.
Annual reports
Wayne Walker, support services director, told the board the management team for all his departments set a goal to reduce budget expenses this year and so far they are below budget projections as the school year winds down and summer projects kick off.
As of June 6, child nutrition was $235,678.46 below budget; transportation, $217,942.20 below budget and custodial $312,277.44 below budget, for an overall projected amount of $765,898.10 below budget.
“We hope to finish August 2024 under budget to help out the district in recouping some of the adopt deficit budget for 2023-24. We are projecting in the right direction to end the fiscal year,” said Walker.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Bowie High School’s Mighty Marching Maroon Band will host a fundraiser paint party from 6-8 p.m. on June 18 in the high school cafeteria.
Cost is $30 to paint an 11 X 14 pre-traced canvas with $15 of each prepaid ticket going to the boosters. The band boosters will be providing snacks, and all supplies such as paint, brushes and canvas are provided.
Host will be Shannon Adkins of Texas Gals Creative Studio.
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