SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie ISD Trustees face lengthy agenda on Monday
Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on July 19 facing a lengthy agenda of business.
In action items, Superintendent Blake Enlow will discuss entering a contract with Harper Perkins Architects for design work of the new administration building. The company was selected last month in a request for qualifications and Enlow has been negotiating design fees and developing the contract.
The Nov. 2 board election will be called with two places on the ballot. place one is filled by Jacky Betts and place two by Debbie Leonard.
The board will review possible action related to House Bill 547 (University Interscholastic League/home school) and approval of the government-issued Davis Bacon Wage Scale as issued for Bowie.
An executive session is scheduled for personnel, discussion of a junior high assistant principal. Sara Cravens this week was named the new intermediate principal, opening up that position at BJH.
During information, Salli Page will discuss ACT/SAT testing information and there will be a continuing education seminar for construction delivery methods and Texas Education Agency requirements.
Enlow will review pending meeting dates as the board conducts budget workshops and works around other activities when school opens in August.
Other discussion topics will include the Education Service Center’s safety audit summary, campus handbooks and code of conduct updates in early August, changes to federal grant regulations and the state testing assessment update.
The campus principals will give campus updates and Finance Director Paula Peterson will give a preliminary budget report and business reports.
Bowie Junior High Principal Jeneanne Fleming said she is proud of her student participants and coaches as they won the District 7AAA University Interscholastic League Academic Zone Meet by approximately 200 points on Dec. 6.
Henrietta and Jacksboro were the other two schools competing.
Fleming explained students committed to practicing before and/or after school, and they attended the meet on a day they didn’t have school.
Read all the results in the mid-week Bowie News.
Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 16 for the final session of 2024.
An executive session is set for the board to receive the intruder audit report. Superintendent Blake Enlow said the Texas School Safety Center recently conducted an audit at one or more of the campuses.
The audit tests whether a campuses is accessible to an unauthorized individual and is part of the state’s school safety directives to help districts identify ways to improve safety. Enlow said the report had one finding and corrective actions have already been implemented.
In action items, Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris will provide information on possible action related to the BISD school library collection development per House Bill 900 and the gifted and talented policy and procedures. The student transfer list also will be presented along with an update on the SAFE grant
Bowie Elementary School students have a busy holiday season with its popular Christmas musical program on Dec. 12 and a visit from Santa Claus on Dec. 18.
The first and second graders will perform for parents and the community on Dec. 12 in the high school gym. The first grade opens the evening at 5:30 p.m. followed by the second grade at 6 p.m.
Students will be wearing festival colorful Christmas outfits complete with Santa hats. This evening is always jam packed with family and friends to enjoy the holiday music.
Santa Claus has scheduled a stop at the school to meet students on Dec. 18 in the library for photos and a quick visit. The 18th also is Polar Express Day where students are invited to wear PJs reminiscent of the popular holiday movie.
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