NEWS
BISD negotiating with 4 districts who pick up transfer students in the district
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
It began as a question as to whether Bowie Independent School District would allow outside districts to come into its attendance zone to pick up students who transfer to those districts; however, it has developed into whether or not a district is willing to compensate BISD for its loss of funding for students.
A debate arose back in January about allowing the districts of Bellevue, Gold-Burg, Forestburg and Montague to come by bus into BISD to pick up and drop off students. When it was questioned, some of the districts moved their pickup points to other areas, but Superintendent Donna Hale said those sites don’t really make a lot difference, although it does not look good for a district to pick up inside BISD possibly near one of its campuses.
The board directed the superintendent to develop memorandums of understandings that could eliminate these questions. The board gave her the authority to negotiate and did not indicate at that time if members wanted to see the agreements before they were finalized.
These issues also were part of earlier conversations by the board about what the district can do to boost enrollment and try to retain some of those students who transfer. Hale said that was one of the first questions the board asked her when she started.
Hale referred to Senate Bill 204 from the 87th Legislature that outlined a stipulation if a district goes into another district, an MOU is required to set the parameters. If an outside district does not have an MOU with the district it would require that district not screen students who apply for transfer regardless of discipline, academics or attendance. In essence it would need to accept all requests based on availability.
The draft of the MOU also would charge a district $1,000 per student who rides a bus from BISD to another district.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Members of the Bowie City Council will face a brief agenda when they meet at 6 p.m. on Oct. 13 in the council chambers.
Following routine reports and consent agenda items, the council will consider a resolution authorizing submission of the city’s 2027/2028 Texas Community Development Block Grant application to the Texas Department of Agriculture.
Then council members will consider approving Bob Blackburn for appointment as a reserve police officer with the Bowie Police Department.
Following an executive session, the council will discuss and potentially take action regarding the annual employment evaluations and duties of both the City Secretary and the Municipal Court Judge.
After nearly three months of no rain, Mother Nature brought the showers this past week.
Downtown Bowie rain reports varied from 7 to 8 inches, while the Saint Jo area reported a 10-inch total. The city water plant in Bowie reported 5.55 inches on Sept. 30 with 1.6 Oct. 1-3.
Nocona saw a total of 6.31 inches of rain across Sept. 26 to Oct. 3.
On Oct. 6, Lake Amon G. Carter saw a level of 917.39 mean sea level rising to 81.31% full. Just one week earlier the lake was 73.6% full, while one year ago it was 94.01%. The lake is full at 920msl.
Lake Nocona was 73.7% full at 823.02 on Oct 6. One week earlier it was 70.41% full and one year ago it was 92.41%. The lake is full at 827.5 msl.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
One Montague County City has joined the battle against any data centers being built in this county and there is a petition drive underway to urge the commissioner’s court to keep data centers out of Montague County.
At a Sept. 28 called meeting of the Saint Jo City Council, officials unanimously approved a resolution stating its opposition to the “siting, permitting, construction or operation of data centers and similar hyperscale computing facilities within the city limits or the city’s extraterritorial jurisdiction.”
City Secretary Debbie Dennis said several citizens approached Councilor Jack Dunn about their data center concerns and he helped prepare a resolution. The council gave unanimous support.
Read the full story in your Thursday Bowie News.
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