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Executive session on possible litigation top BISD board meeting
Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on Aug. 18 in the board room.
An executive session is slated for personnel and legal consultation. The agenda lists personnel, appointment, evaluation, reassignment, duties, discipline, dismissal and/or compensation of individual district employees. Item two is consultation with the board’s attorney for the purpose of private consultation regarding anticipated litigation. Back in open session the agenda list discussion and possible action to direct/authorize the superintendent to file charges on behalf of the district.
In information items Superintendent Donna Hale will discuss enrollment, teacher emergency and waiver permit updates and Texas Association of School Boards compensation and staffing review.
Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris will offer the accountability update for 2024 and 2025. Ratings were released on Friday. The district received an overall rating of C with 79 of 100 points. The elementary and intermediate (paired together) received a D (67 points), junior high received a B (84) and high school a B (86). See more information on school ratings in Thursday’s Bowie News.
In action items, the student transfer list will be offered; consider a resolution to recognize the county 4-H organization for extracurricular status; update list of signatories for the district bank account and TexPool resolution to add Hale as an authorized representative.
Campus administrators and the athletic directors will give their monthly reports, along with finance director.
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The Bowie City Council will meet at 6 p.m. on May 12 in the council chambers.
The agenda opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
In the city manager’s report, Bert Cunningham will discuss the Rock and Pillar Street project and the Texas Water Development Board grant application.
In new business, Brittany Barnes will be considered as an appointment to the Bowie Community Development Board.
A resolution requesting financial assistance from the TWDB authorizing the filing of an application for assistance will be reviewed.
The master parks plan also will be presented by staff from Public Management.
The consent agenda and public comments round out the meeting.
Members of the Montague County Commissioner’s Court will meet at 9 a.m. on May 11.
After the consent agenda and public comments, the court will discuss an interlocal agreement between precinct two and the Bowie Sports Association for the baseball complex.
Precinct three will ask for a line-time budget adjustment of $15,000 from operating expenses to part-time.
The court will open and consider accepting sealed bids for emulsified asphalt and prime oil, all on a 90-day contract.
The consent agenda of minutes, bills and reports also is slated.
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