NEWS
Montague School launching 4-day schedule next school year
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After much research and discussion, the administration of Montague Independent School District announced it will move to a four-day week in the 2022-23 school year.
The district listed many things they hope to impact with this change including increased enrollment, plus recruitment and retention of highly effective teachers. Montague ISD has a present enrollment of about 143 students for grades pre-kindergarten through eighth.
During the height of the pandemic, many school districts across the nation made changes to their schedules to accommodate all the challenges of education during that period, however, the four-day week has a 50-year history in this country dating back to war years. According to research done by Lamar University staff, of the 15,000 school districts in the country, more than 560 in 25 states have moved to a four-day schedule.
Carla Hennessey, superintendent of MISD, said the idea for the schedule came during a conversation as the high-transfer district looked for ways to entice students, as well as recruit top teachers. She began talking to a few other schools that had success with it, and she broached the subject with her board in February offering it as a calendar option.
Read the full story on this school change in the weekend Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 27 in council chambers.
Items on the agenda include the following: City manager’s report discussing the master plan grant, repairs to Rock and Pillar and status of the substation transformer; consent agenda of minutes and bills; speed limit ordinance update second reading; Bowie 4B Sales Tax Corporation request to approve expenditures on park enhancement project to include additional concrete parking at Pelham Park and installation of covered pickleball courts southwest of the Bowie knife and public comments.
Bowie City Councilors heard complaints about the recently approved food truck ordinance during last week’s meeting and were updated on damage from recent flash flooding.
Mayor Gaylynn Burris also presented a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week, as members of the local EMS team were presented with the proclamation.
In his city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham said there were numerous problems with excessive rainfall during the last few weeks, with the most significant at Rock and Pillar where the rusted washed out culverts have been deteriorating for several years. Portions of Rock have collapsed near that intersection closing part of the street.
Another less traveled street had a sinkhole which the city crews have repaired, and two crews have been out trying to fill potholes and make street repairs as they can.
Cunningham told the council they have to figure out a way to pay for the new culverts on Rock and Pillar, and he has been meeting with a pair of engineering companies to get some preliminary estimates that are close to $1,000,000. He also has been talking with the city’s financial advisor to discuss options for financing repairs.
Read the full story in the May 22 Bowie News.
Photo – Mayor Gaylynn Burris presented a proclamation from the City of Bowie for National EMS Recognition Week. Several members of the Bowie EMS team were present: Daniel Fogle, Enrique Roman, Fire Chief Doug Page, Chad Gerlach, Marco Sandoval and Luke Waltersheid. (Courtesy photo)
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