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.
As of Thursday, the Lake Amon Carter water level has dropped below an elevation of 917.0 msl. This triggers the activation of the City of Bowie, TX Drought Contingency Plan. Therefore, the City of Bowie, TX and their water customers are now under Drought Stage 1 restrictions, which are considered voluntary. If Lake Amon Carter were to drop below 913.0 feet, the City of Bowie would enter Stage 2 mandatory restrictions.
Customers are asked to voluntarily comply with watering on Wednesday and Saturday if you live at an odd-numbered address and Thursday and Sunday if you live at an even-numbered address.
The board of directors for the Amon Carter Lake Water Supply District also ask its customers to follow the city’s restrictions since the district’s water comes through the Bowie system.
Bowie Independent School District Trustees will meet in a pair of meetings on Aug. 31 to finalize the budget and tax rate.
At 7 a.m. a public hearing on the budget and tax rate will be conducted.
At 7:10 a.m. action items include amending the 2025-26 budget as the fiscal year concludes Aug. 31. The board will designate any committed fund balanced for potential or future projects.
Trustees will adopt the budget for fund 199, 24 and 599 for 2026-27 school year, followed by the 2026 tax rate.
Also on the agenda is cancellation of the Nov. 3 election since there are no contested races.
An executive session is listed related to personnel, security, real property and legal counsel consultation.
The August session of the Montague County Grand Jury saw 15 cases presented, with all but one receive a no-bill. Four are sealed awaiting the arrest of a suspect.
The 97th District Attorney’s office reported the follow indictments out of this session. The no bill, which is a case jury felt did not warrant an indictment, was for possession of a controlled substance 1-4 grams.
The four sealed indictments are for: Professional failed to make required child abuse report intent to conceal, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, tamper/fabricate physical evidence with intent to impair and injury to a child/elderly/disabled person with intent of bodily injury (changed from previous case).
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
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