NEWS
Bowie ISD staff feels good about where its facilities are with the safety standard
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
Texas school districts received the latest school safety standards and have begun checking the status of their buildings and how they are going to pay for the updates required by the state.
Spurred by the May 24 shooting at Robb Elementary in Uvalde where 19 children and two adults were killed, Gov. Greg Abbott charged the Commissioner of Education Mike Morath with rule development to ensure existing school facilities are held to heightened safety standards and to determine costs of more secure facilities in schools. On Oct. 3, the governor also appointed John P. Scott as the new Texas Education Agency chief of school safety and security.
With these directives and $400 million in additional school safety funding, districts have been informed of the standards rule and state-funded grant opportunities, plus information on the silent panic alert technology grant now available.
The commissioner is proposing legislation to address school safety and ensure minimum school safety standards. It requires all school system instructional facilities have access points that are secured by design, maintained to operate as intended and be appropriately monitored.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
National Weather Service has cancelled the tornado watch for tonight.
Montague County Emergency Management – Tornado Watch
Effective: 02:47 PM CST on 03/06/2026
Expires: 10:00 PM CST on 03/06/2026
Alert: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 15 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN TEXAS THIS WATCH INCLUDES 19 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL TEXAS COLLIN, COOKE, DALLAS, DELTA, DENTON, FANNIN, GRAYSON, HOPKINS, HUNT, JACK, LAMAR, MONTAGUE, PALO PINTO, PARKER, ROCKWALL, STEPHENS, TARRANT, WISE, YOUNG, THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALLEN, ARLINGTON, BONHAM, BOWIE, BRECKENRIDGE, BRIAR, BRIDGEPORT, CARROLLTON, COMMERCE, COOPER, DALLAS, DECATUR, DENISON, DENTON, FLOWER MOUND, FORT WORTH, FRISCO, GAINESVILLE, GRAHAM, GREENVILLE, HEATH, JACKSBORO, LEWISVILLE, MCKINNEY, MINERAL WELLS, NOCONA, OLNEY, PARIS, PLANO, ROCKWALL, SHERMAN, SULPHUR SPRINGS, AND WEATHERFORD.
Target Area: Collin, TX; Cooke, TX; Dallas, TX; Delta, TX; Denton, TX; Fannin, TX; Grayson, TX; Hopkins, TX; Hunt, TX; Jack, TX; Lamar, TX; Montague, TX; Palo Pinto, TX; Parker, TX; Rockwall, TX; Stephens, TX; Tarrant, TX; Wise, TX; Young, TX
Heads up! Isolated to scattered storms will be possible this afternoon across parts of North Texas, especially along and north of I-20. Any storm that develops will have the potential to produce large hail, damaging wind gusts, and even tornadoes. Pay attention to the weather today!
Unsettled weather will continue across much of North and Central TX Saturday into Sunday as a cold front pushes into the region. A few strong to severe storms will be possible across Central TX on Saturday with locally heavy rainfall increasing the threat for flash flooding late Saturday morning into Saturday afternoon.
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