NEWS
BISD Trustees want feedback: Why did people vote no on bond?
By BARBARA GREEN
The Bowie Independent District School Board of Trustees this week elected officers and considered how to proceed after the Nov. 7 bond election failed. BISD had no contested races, but welcomed newly elected incumbents Jacky Betts, Lee Hughes and Guy Green back to the panel. Betts was re-elected president and Green, vice president with Kent Dosch elected secretary. Voters said no to a $65.8 million bond issue to build a new intermediate school, renovate the present intermediate to accommodate junior high students and several other renovations on the other two campuses. The bond failed by 224 votes, 1,079 to 855 votes.Superintendent Blake Enlow said there were 79 propositions that passed across the state and 65 that failed. Of those that passed he added some went through by as little as three votes. There were $15,073,130,933 in bonds approved in Texas. Bok Financial Securities reports approximately 84.9% of the proposed $43.2 billion of Texas public school district bonds were approved by voters in 2023. the average historical approval rate since 2018 is 79.2% by dollar amount and 64.5% by number of propositions. Enlow asked the board if they wanted to proceed with a new bond whether it be to plan a spring election, update the plan for a new vote or something else?
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
After a major water line break on Wednesday, the City of Saint Jo issued a boil order for its customers. Following a series of testing over the next few days, the order is expected to be lifted.
The City of Saint Jo reports a major water line break has occurred at U.S. Highway 82 and Boggess Street at the red light. Utility crews are on site and TxDOT is coming to assist with traffic. Drivers should be cautious in this area.
By BARBARA GREEN
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One week ago a 14-year-old boy went into his classroom at Apalachee High School in Winder, GA shooting and killing four people and injuring nine.
According to Education Week Tracker this was the first deadly shooting of the new academic year and the deadliest since March 2023 when six people were killed at The Covenant School in Nashville.
During the course of just two days last week, three people were injured by gunfire during a football game in Martinsburg, WV, a 15-year-old student was shot in a school bathroom in Maryland and died from his injuries and a teacher was grazed by a stray bullet as he prepared for class in his room in the Bronx, NY.
Lt. Bob Blackburn of the Bowie Independent School District and Bowie Police school resource team said they immediately got word of the shooting in Georgia on Sept. 4 from other schools, law enforcement and general media. Bowie has an SRO on each of its four campuses.
“When you get the word it creates a certain immediate heightened awareness. You try to stay highly aware each day, but it goes like a wave through law enforcement as you begin to think are we prepared if that happened right now,” reflects Blackburn.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
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