NEWS
BISD Trustees meet on personnel issues this Monday
Bowie Independent School District Trustees will consider professional educator contracts and the vacant Bowie High School assistant principal position when they meet at 5:30 p.m. May 15.
The personnel discussions will take place in executive session with any action back in open session.
Also in closed session, the board will discuss the district safety plan. A teacher certification waiver request will be offered to allow a qualified individual to teach outside of the area of certification in alternative education.
Trustees will be introduced to members of the top 10% of the graduating class and to the BISD Collegiate Academy Graduate. Elementary school mentors also will be recognized.
In his informational reports, Superintendent Blake Enlow will give details for a possible educational field trip for a group of junior high students to Washington D.C. next year.
Preliminary property values for 2023 will be reviewed along with a discussion on course offerings and course weights.
Campus principals will give year-end reports and the finance director the monthly financial reports.
In action items the board will act upon an extension of the bank depository contract with Jacksboro National Bank for two more years.
A request to spend $55,000 of career technology funds for a greenhouse will be presented, for board discussion along with a waiver for a missed school day for the school safety event on May 5.
NEWS
Repairs prompt boil order
A boil water order was implemented Monday afternoon for the area served at U.S. Highway 81 from Parker Drive to Old Bowie Lake as water line repairs were made. The order remains in place today. If you are affected by this order and need bottled water call 940-977-4941.
NEWS
Elevated fire danger today
City of Bowie officials report Montague County, TX will be under an ELEVATED FIRE THREAT today. Please be careful. Hear Audio Alert:https://hrpow.us/H9U9gWU
A heat advisory also continues until 8 p.m. tonight. Remember to check on pets and older neighbors. Stay safe.
Photo of a previous grass fire, Bowie News file photo.
NEWS
County finalizes the proposed tax rate, budget
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
While the budget was the primary topics for the Montague County Commissioners on Aug. 10, there were several other topics handled by the court.
Tax Assessor Collector Kathy Phillips presented the certification of value and rates for the 2026 taxes. The certified net values are $3,017,685,102 with rolling railroad stock at $15,954,716.
The county’s total taxable value is $3,033,639,818. Total appraised is $7,930,674,437, total assessed at $3,629,932,719 and total taxable value of new property at $93,632,505.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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