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.
The Nocona Independent School District bands will perform their spring concerts on May 2 in the high school auditorium, 1012 Clay.
The middle school band will play at 6 p.m., followed by the high school band at 7 p.m.
NHS Band Director Erin Hanson has announced she will be leaving after nine years at Nocona to take the assistant director’s job at Hale Center to be closer to family.
Hanson has enjoyed a successful tenure at NHS growing the band numbers and directing the band to marching and concert awards and strong scores.
The Nocona High School Film team competed in the BAM film festival in Clute, TX this last weekend. The competition was open to all films in Texas High schools and Texas universities. More than 2,000 films were entered and NHS placed two films in the top three and made $750 in price money. They were second in narrative with “Beyond the Glass Eyes” and third in animation with “The Legendary Nut.” In March the film teams had two narratives and one animation make the state finals, placing in the top six films in the state. (Courtesy photo)
The cast and crew of “Interview,” Gold-Burg High School’s one-act play will perform at around 2:15 p.m. on April 26 for regional competition in the Plano Independent School District Robinson Fine Arts Center.
Play Director Linda Fitzner said the day will open with the first performance at 8 a.m. and continue in about one hour intervals with a break for lunch. Gold-Burg has drawn the final play of the day that opens with Sidney high, Slidell, Avery, Brookesmith, Koppel and Gold-Burg.
Two plays that represent the Region 3, 1A one-act play contest will advance to the University Interscholastic League State 1A One-Act Play Meet at the Austin ISD Performing Arts Center on May 13.
Admission charge for the regional contest is $5.25 per day and includes a digital ticketing fee, A OAP day pass for access to the full day of show is $15.25.
Tickets are available at seatyourself.com. Seating is limited.
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