NEWS
BISD considers grading options for students
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
The Bowie Independent School District has so far spent more than $21,000 in unexpected expenses related to the COVID-19 pandemic, which it expects to submit for federal reimbursement.
Trustees received a report on those operations during their Monday night session. With the governor’s announcement schools will remain closed for the rest of the year, the district will continue online teaching as the official year winds down and they figure out grades for the students.
Superintendent Blake Enlow broke down the COVID-19 costs by hours and expense through April 25. Custodial reports 526.55 hours at $2,632; transportation, 393.40 hours at $3,343.90; maintenance, 578.20 hours at $2,891; child nutrition, 832.88 at $3,747.96 and clerical, 247.55 at $2,723.05.
The total costs are $15,388.66 with an additional $5,841.04 in supplies for $21,179. Enlow said due to the disaster declaration the district will be able to receive Federal Emergency Management Agency funds at 75 percent reimbursement. The accounting staff has created a budget line and a document file to track everything that is spent in this area.
Read the full story on the school district’s activities in the mid-week Bowie News.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
Montague County Judge Kevin Benton has signed an order lifting the outdoor burn ban effective Oct. 7.
Persons are still urged to be cautious when they are out working in the countryside to avoid any spark that could cause a wildfire.
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