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.
A crew from Scarborough Engineering was working on control termination wiring in the control room of the Bowie Substation last week. They were integrating additional equipment including the new transformer. Once everything is connected it will go through a testing phase. The transformer project has been stalled during the past year awaiting the arrival of various parts. (News photo by Barbara Green
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
After more than a year of turmoil and upheaval it appears the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply Corporation is back on its feet with a slate of new board members and plans to review by-laws and operations.
Last August all the board members resigned in the wake of a lawsuit by a resident who could not obtain water for a small housing development despite being in the district. The property owner also accused the board of not following open meetings or open records laws, or its own by-laws.
After the board resigned a receivership was requested from the court and was named in December 2025. The receiver or temporary manager was Nocona attorney Zach Renfro, who was directed by the court to seek out possible directors to rehabilitate the association and assure it meets the obligation of continuing to provide water to more than 300 members.
The corporation board conducted its first general membership meeting on March 27 where a state of the corporation was given and new directors
named. They are Kevin McShan, president; Josh Swint, vice president; Carla Swofford, secretary; Wesley Kelly, treasurer; Zach Gunter, Rob Hankins and Chase Thomas, all directors.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
The Bowie City Council meeting scheduled for April 28 was canceled due to the lack of a quorum.
Councilors Boyd Hulstine, Stephanie Post and Brent Shaw were present along with Mayor Gaylynn Burris, Four council members are required. Laramie Truax, Laura Sproles and TJay McEwen were absent. The agenda items were expected to be placed on the next agenda of business for the council.
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