NEWS
Briles named FISD supt. lone finalist
The trustees of the Forestburg Independent School District have named Jason Briles as the lone finalist for superintendent.
Briles joined the district in March 2021 when he was named principal upon the retirement of Karen Wiley. He will assume superintendent duties on July 1 following the retirement of John Metzler. The board made the selection at a called meeting on March 31.
As per state law the district names a lone finalist and the board can make a final vote after 10 days. The FISD board is expected to vote on April 25.
Metzler said the principal’s job was posted on April 4 with a deadline of May 1 for applicants. He leaves the district after 10 years as superintendent, plus three years prior as principal at FISD.
Briles said his family has come to love Forestburg, noting the community quickly embraced the family and treated them as “one of their own.”
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
By BARBARA GREEN
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Montague County is having to spend more money to assist the new 97th District Attorney to clean up the mess left by her predecessor who reportedly refused to use the case management software purchased for the district.
Almost two years later the former system, LGS, was cancelled for the county, but the DA’s office still needs to access some cases on that system. The new company, Tyler Technology, has quoted a six-figure price to transfer the files over, but DA Katie Boggeman told the commissioner’s court Monday they have got a solution but it will cost.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council has cancelled its Jan. 14 meeting due to a lack of a quorum. No date has been announced for the next meeting, but the regular date would be Jan. 28.
The Bowie News was overwhelmed with more than 400 snow day photos sent in from across the county. Please view them on our Facebook page. We will publish many in the Thursday Bowie News. Thank you to everyone who sent them in.
Top photo – Brandee Mumms and her family put together a snowman.
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