SCHOOL NEWS
BISD to select construction-manager-at-risk

Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will consider construction-manager-at-risk proposals connected to the building of the new administration building when they meet in a called session at noon March 30.
Review of the recommended proposal will be in closed session listed under personnel. C.W. Farris of Harper Perkins Architects has been reviewing the proposals. Any action will be taken back in open session.
Other action items include a discussion of bids for the purchase and installation of a control access system for district facilities not to exceed $400,000. District officials have been discussing a keyless entry system for several years, but the costs have been prohibitive. The board may use some of its federal grant funds to pay for the project.
The board also will consider a resolution for nomination to the Texas Association of School Boards Superintendent of the Year.
SCHOOL NEWS
TEA delays A-F accountability ratings

The staff at the Texas Education Agency this past week announced a temporary delay in the release of 2023 A-F accountability ratings for districts and campuses, originally scheduled for Sept. 28.
The A-F system is a tool that evaluates how well districts and campuses help students reach certain learning goals. As prescribed by statute, A-F ratings must balance multiple objectives to ensure a rigorous, transparent, and fair system, and are based on:
A. Achievement – how well all students have learned certain academic content – and
B. Progress – how much all students have gained academically over the course of the year
C. Closing the Gaps – how well schools raise academic performance among certain groups of students.
Lee Ann Farris, assistant superintendent, told the Bowie School Trustees Monday night, the state used 2018-2019 , plus 2020-21 data which was impacted significantly by COVID. Those comparisons were not really “apples to apples,” and a lot of schools went down in the ratings.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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Nocona Indians celebrate homecoming


SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie High homecoming moves inside, lightning cancels game

Sterling Harrington and Kaitlyn Fitzgerald were crowned 2023 Bowie High School Homecoming royalty during impromptu ceremonies in the gym. Lightning delayed and eventually canceled the game, but ceremonies moved inside the school. All members of the homecoming court are shown with the royals.


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