SCHOOL NEWS
Bowie ISD continues crunching the budget numbers
By BARBARA GREEN
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Crunching the numbers for the 2023-24 school year is a bit more complex this year as a Nov. 7 election will determine a new homestead exemption and school funding continues to be under debate in the legislature including some form of a voucher.
Bowie Independent School District Finance Director Paula Peterson offered school trustees a brief overview of some assumptions and actual numbers during a Thursday budget workshop
The certified property values she offered were $1,358,211,350, an increase of $124,918,615 above the prior year. This figure is slightly higher than the county chart from earlier in July, but it includes the small portions of BISD that go into Clay and Jack Counties.
She also provided several charts that gave revenue comparisons from the past nine years, fund balance, student/teacher ratio and refined average daily attendance used to calculate state funding.
The actual revenue for 2022 was $9,563,305.45 in maintenance and operation tax funds, $816,454.90 in the available school fund and $5,949,077 in foundation school funds. The district’s fund balance is $9,440,272 and the student/teacher ratio across the district is 12:6.
The refined ADA was 1,569 in 2018-19 and it was 1,498 in 2022-23 with 94-95% percent tax collection. Trustees asked if other districts are seeing similar declines in ADA or attendance in general. Enlow said yes.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Trustees of the Bowie Independent School District will swear in its new board members and reorganize its officers when they meet at 5:30 p.m. on Nov. 18.
The agenda opens with canvassing of the election votes, followed by the oath of office to Jacky Betts in place one and Angie Christmas in place two. The board will then elect officers including president, vice president and secretary.
Action items begin with presentation of the 2023-24 outside audit offered by Paul Fleming of Edgin Parkman Fleming and Fleming, PC.
The annual public hearing on the district’s Financial Integrity Rating System report will be presented. The district usually receives a 100% on its report.
Superintendent Blake Enlow will discuss board training opportunities and the junior high all region band hosting on Nov. 19 at the high school. Lee Robertson will give a technology department update on its audit and eSports vulnerability information.
The campus administrators and athletic director will give monthly reports and a soccer club update, while the finance director will give business reports.
Other agenda action items include action on the 2024 tax roll and updates to the board operating procedures.
Special agents with the Drug Enforcement Agency spoke to Bowie High School students during Red Ribbon Week activities last week. The DEA’s In The Air helicopter and four agent/pilots brought the aircraft for students to see up close. They also talked about their careers, as did members of the City of Bowie Fire and Police Departments. BHS Principal Joanne Keeler had her photo taken with the crew. (courtesy photo)
Bowie High School’s Mighty Marching Maroon competed at regional marching contest last week, but unfortunately it did not advance.
Director German Torres said the students did very well and they were proud of their work this season. The band had advanced out of area from the weekend before.
“We came in 16th place (3A region) and the students were a little disappointed, but that is to be expected. We are now setting our sights on our Veteran’s Day program alongside the Christmas program,” said the director.
Nocona High School’s band will compete at area contest in Mineral Wells High School at 3 p.m. on Nov. 2.
The Pride of the Tribe is directed by Randy Brooks. Marching contests are open to the public to attend for an admission price of $5.
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