NEWS
Dana Polk reflects on 28-year career teaching and coaching at Bowie ISD
By Dani Blackburn
dani@postoakmedia.net
Dana Polk has loved teaching since she was playing pretend school as a child. That passion continued until she set foot in her own classroom and as she retire she reflects on relationships with students and coworkers that filled her heart during a 28-year teaching and coaching career.
“My cousins and I always played school, and I was always the teacher. I never let them be the teacher,” Polk laughed. “When I first went to college, my dad was pushing me to be an accountant, but that was not my thing at all. I think it took me one semester to realize that is not me.”
Polk graduated from Gold-Burg High School in 1986 and went to Angelo State University on a basketball scholarship, where she played two years before transferring to Tarleton State University for her last two years of eligibility.
Polk thought she was prepared for life of college basketball, attending summer workouts before she headed to San Angelo.
“It was very rewarding, but it was the hardest thing I’ve ever done,” Polk recalled.
Read the full story in the weekend edition of The Bowie News.
The Saint Jo City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 13 in regular session.
Items on the agenda include:
Appointment and approval of a fire marshal for the city.
Discuss support for Councilman Jack Dunn’s proposition to petition for additional sales tax revenue from the state for infrastructure purposes.
Consider dates for the 2026-27 budget workshop and ordinance workshop.
Approve minutes and monthly financials.
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
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