SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie ISD finalizes school start, strategic plan
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
While the budget dominated discussion during Monday’s Bowie School Board meeting, other topics including those related to the start of the new school year were addressed.
The district agreed to transfer its interest in the former Bellmire Nursing Home property on Rock, which recently went to a sheriff’s sale with no takers. Jean Marie Baer of Perdue Brandon Fielder Collins and Mott‚ LLP, Code Officer David Rainey and City Manager Ricky Tow were present to present the request.
Baer explained the property which was significantly destroyed by fire on New Year’s Eve, was foreclosed and went to sale on May 6. With no bidders it went to the three taxing entities. Montague County has already signed off its interest.
“If we can get it cleaned up we may be able to sell it to a developer who could do something with it. We are trying to do the best we can,” said Code Officer David Rainey.
Trustees transferred the district’s interest indicated its interest in getting a viable property back on the tax roll.
In the works for several months, the board approved the Strategic Plan for Bowie 2017-2022. Trustees have been working with the Regional 9 Education Service Center to develop a series of goals and plans. It will be updated every two years.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
To read the full strategic plan go to this link: https://bowienewsonline.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/BISD-Strategic-Plan-2017-2022.pdf
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.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
New Bowie High School Principal Dean Johnson brings 15 years of experience as an educator to the campus and he is looking forward to settling down in his new town.
The 38-year-old comes to Bowie from Farmersville Independent School District where he was junior high principal since 2022 and prior to that he was assistant starting in 2019. In 2023 he was named Texas Association of Secondary School Personnel’s Region 10 Assistant Principal of the Year.
Born and raised in Sherman, Johnson always knew his career path was coaching/teaching. He followed in his mother’s footsteps as she worked 30-plus years as a high school math teacher. His sister is a middle school math teacher and her husband is a teacher/coach both at Bells ISD, along with a cousin who is elementary principal at Burkburnett.
And dad can’t be left out, Johnson said while his father did several jobs, for many years he drove a bus for Sherman ISD, including those athletic team trips.
“I would often go with him on those trips with the football team and at seven or eight years old you look up at the players. I also was a ball boy. My path was set early,” said the new principal.
Read the full feature in the Thursday Bowie News.
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