NEWS
Trustees resigns from BISD, outside audit ready
Bowie School Trustees will receive the 2022-23 outside audit and consider a board member’s resignation when they meet at 5:30 p.m. on Dec. 18.
Paul Fleming, certified public accountant, will present the financial document.
Superintendent Blake Enlow said he received a resignation letter from Debbie Leonard who is stepping down due to her husband’s health. Other action items includes a vote on purchasing doors to continue the control access installation from Texoma Builder’s Suplply for district campuses not to exceed $50,000. Service and repair for the junior high school elevator not to exceed $45,000 also is scheduled. Consideration of designating 10 non-business days for TPIA stemming from House Bill 3033.
In an executive the agenda states it is personnel-Disciplinary Alternative Education Placement and Alternative Education/Advanced Learning Academy. Phil Newton stepped into the position after the death of Brad Costello, but Newton is retiring.
In the superintendent’s update there will be information from the facilities committee afour-day/five-day calendar financial comparison.
Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris will discuss results drive accountability update and board goals’ progress monitoring.
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Several personnel issues including the superintendent’s summative evaluation and filling the vacant intermediate principal position face the Bowie School Trustees when they meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The superintendent’s review is usually done in two parts during the year with the summative an effort to evaluate overall progress. Donna Hale’s contract also will be considered. as she marks her first year leading the district.
For the intermediate principal’s job, Jason Childress left the post last month taking the new formed director of student services, which will handle many of the tasks the assistant superintendent handled such as curriculum and test scores. That assistant position was eliminated by the board after Lee Ann Farris left the job. Childress’ resignation has been submitted.
Filling the principal’s job and consideration of a rental agreement for a portion of the bus parking lot property also are set for executive session. Any action all these topics will be considered back in open session.
On the regular agenda, the board will receive the 2025 fiscal audit for Jack County. A small portion of the district runs into that county.
The superintendent will provide operational reports and personnel updates. Childress will present the preliminary STAAR scores and the status of board goals, while Paula Peterson, finance director, gives the monthly financial report.
Numerous annual items will be up for action: Contract for cafeteria software; budget amendments; consider the ESSA application, the Montague and Jack County Tax Appraisal District budgets; library books for the elementary; ESC 9 contracts and a Texas Association of School Boards policy updates.
The board also will consider offering open enrollment for pre-kindergarten students for the next school year.
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