SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie Trustees move meeting to July 1
The regular meeting of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will be at 5:30 p.m. on July 1 in the administrative building.
Topics for the session span budget preparations to facility and transportation needs, along with any personnel considerations to be ready for the new year.
Outgoing Chief Financial Officer Jonathan Pastusek will conduct the preliminary workshop following the passage of state school finance legislation; however, certified property values will not be available until the end of July when Pastusek’s successor, Ken Korbel takes over the job.
Action on any facility and transportation needs also will have impact on the budget and are listed as action topics. Scheduling of budget workshops, and the July and August meetings will be discussed.
Personnel considerations are listed for an executive session. New staff members also will be introduced at the start of the meeting.
Minutes, bills, campus and the financial reports round out the agenda.
SCHOOL NEWS
Nocona senior takes state feature writing title
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)
SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie Kindergarten students graduate
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.
SCHOOL NEWS
Gold-Burg grad serving NASA internship
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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