SCHOOL NEWS
Building projects top BISD board agenda
Members of the Bowie Independent School Board will meet at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 24 for their February session which will focus on building projects.
Trustees will consider costs related to renovation of the former bus barn that will be home to the new county auto technology program. Additional renovations required architectural designs to bring the building up to code and to meet the needs of the program.
Marrs Patriot Construction has offered an estimated quote of $162,638.60 and if the board approves can begin work immediately in order to get the program started as soon as possible. The board also will consider authority for the superintendent to approve all change orders to contingency up to $25,000.
The district also will consider soliciting proposals for a construction manager-at-risk for construction of new administrative offices using a specifications package prepared by Harper Perkins Architects.
In other action items, the 2022-23 instructional calendar will be presented along with an interlocal agreement to provide pediatric and adolescent behavioral health services between Tarrant County Hospital District and BISD.
An executive session is scheduled to review Bowie ISD administrator contracts, with any action to follow back in open session.
Salli Page, BHS student services will provide a career technology program update. The board will look at bad weather make-up days, set the March board meeting and board training.
Information on the Texas Clean School Bus program will be presented, along with an update on tornado-related repairs to the junior high roof.
Administrator, curriculum and finance monthly reports will be given, including a discussion of the third grade relocating back to the intermediate where it was located several years ago.
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)
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.
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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