SCHOOL NEWS
Local school boards to meet June 15
Gold-Burg ISD
Gold-Burg School Trustees will meet at 7 p.m. on June 15 in the school library.
School districts are already making plans for the next school year. Along with any new staffing, the board will review student insurance, salary schedules, consider buying an agriculture vehicle and discuss a preliminary budget.
Superintendent Roger Ellis will provide a legislative update on state actions impacting local policies.
The board will review the 2015-16 Montague County Tax Appraisal District budget.
An executive session is slated to discuss personnel issues, following by monthly administrative reports.
Forestburg ISD
Trustees of the Forestburg School District will meet at 6 p.m. June 15 in the school library.
The board will tackle several annual topics including worker’s compensation proposals, tax collection contract with Montague County , delinquent tax collection contract with Perdue, Brandon , Fielder, Collins and Mott, statewide student information system support with Region 9 Service Center, and audit agreement all for the 2015-16 school year.
The teacher appraisal calendar, lunch room price schedule and salary scale also will be examined for the next year.
Budget planning begins with the projected budget amount and possible tax rates. The business manager will make a report on investments and the fund balance.
The agenda concludes with various administrative reports, and consideration of teacher contracts and staff changes.
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The Nocona Independent School District bands will perform their spring concerts on May 2 in the high school auditorium, 1012 Clay.
The middle school band will play at 6 p.m., followed by the high school band at 7 p.m.
NHS Band Director Erin Hanson has announced she will be leaving after nine years at Nocona to take the assistant director’s job at Hale Center to be closer to family.
Hanson has enjoyed a successful tenure at NHS growing the band numbers and directing the band to marching and concert awards and strong scores.
The Nocona High School Film team competed in the BAM film festival in Clute, TX this last weekend. The competition was open to all films in Texas High schools and Texas universities. More than 2,000 films were entered and NHS placed two films in the top three and made $750 in price money. They were second in narrative with “Beyond the Glass Eyes” and third in animation with “The Legendary Nut.” In March the film teams had two narratives and one animation make the state finals, placing in the top six films in the state. (Courtesy photo)
The cast and crew of “Interview,” Gold-Burg High School’s one-act play will perform at around 2:15 p.m. on April 26 for regional competition in the Plano Independent School District Robinson Fine Arts Center.
Play Director Linda Fitzner said the day will open with the first performance at 8 a.m. and continue in about one hour intervals with a break for lunch. Gold-Burg has drawn the final play of the day that opens with Sidney high, Slidell, Avery, Brookesmith, Koppel and Gold-Burg.
Two plays that represent the Region 3, 1A one-act play contest will advance to the University Interscholastic League State 1A One-Act Play Meet at the Austin ISD Performing Arts Center on May 13.
Admission charge for the regional contest is $5.25 per day and includes a digital ticketing fee, A OAP day pass for access to the full day of show is $15.25.
Tickets are available at seatyourself.com. Seating is limited.
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