NEWS
City auditorium demolition planned
By BARBARA GREEN
Demolition of the 1927 Bowie City Auditorium could begin by May 11 as the city moves forward with plans to take down the multi-level brick structure at 113 E. Tarrant.
The art deco building has towered over Bowie since it was completed in 1927 following a $30,000 bond issue that was approved in 1926. In February the city council voted to take down the building at a cost of $150,550 on a bid from JC Logan. That price is expected to increase slightly due to asbestos abatement costs.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris said the abatement process will begin on April 23 and the contractor hopes to be done by May 9. Equipment will be moved into the site during that process and the contractor expects to begin demolition on May 11.
Read the full story in the weekend News.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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