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.
Abigail Hill, Nocona High School valedictorian, is the 2026 UIL feature writing state champion. Nocona faculty have been looking through school records and UIL records to see when Nocona last had someone won state. UIL record archives only date back to 1983 and they didn’t see anyone listed as winning a gold medal in Academic UIL. According to Nocona records, she is the first UIL Academic Champion since 1973. (Courtesy photo)
Bowie Elementary kindergarten students entertained the huge audience that attended the graduation ceremonies at the high school gym on May 21. Each kindergarten class performed a song for the guests. They also were invited to dress as their future career choice such as a doctor or a police officer.
Each class entertained with a song.
By Andy Newberry, MSU Texas
Midwestern State University junior Rykir Evans is not only building his skills during a NASA internship—he’s creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Evans has been a remote student at MSU Texas this semester while completing the internship. During that time, he had the opportunity to meet American naval aviator and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, as well as NASA Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz.
“It definitely has been an amazing experience thus far, and meeting all of the super inspirational figures in flesh and blood was definitely surreal,” Evans said.
Read the full story in Thursday’s Bowie News.
(Top photo) Rykir Evans had a chance meeting with Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and commander of the Artemis II lunar fly-by mission. He also met famed NASA chief flight director Gene Kranz, who directed the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.
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