NEWS
Bowie Elementary Principal selected; BHS students advocate for math teacher
Steven Valkenaar has been hired to be Bowie Elementary School principal for the next school year.
The Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees approved his selection at its Monday meeting. He will fill the vacancy left when Blake Enlow was reassigned to the junior high school and following Amy Murphey’s move to Nocona Middle School. Balkenaar comes to Bowie from Eastland High School, where he served as principal the last two years. A total of six candidates were interviewed.
A group of high school students also appeared before the board to urge the board to retain Karen Barnes, advanced math teacher at the high school. Barnes was not offered a contract.
Trustees also approved a sound and lighting proposal for the junior high auditorium that will bring state-of-the-art technology into the 100-year-old building allowing there to be many different types of performances on the state.
Read the full story in the mid-week News.
Correction: Mr. Valkenaar’s name was misspelled in the print edition of the Bowie News, we apologize for this error. See your weekend edition for more about the new principal.
The jury was seated on Monday and the opening day of testimony Tuesday only lasted four hours, before the panel went into deliberations about 2 p.m.
Two hours later the jury returned a guilty verdict on both charges. Wednesday morning the jury was set to begin discussion on Hall’s punishment at 8:30 a.m. with both sides offering evidence and testimony. Hall faces up to 10 years in prison.
The trial was moved to Denton County on a change of venue requested by Hall in March. After 16th District Judge Sherry Shipman read the verdict, it was reported Hall hung her head in disappointment and was later seen crying and emotional as she left the courtroom.
Members of the Bowie City Council will meet in regular session at 6 p.m. on May 13 in council chambers.
The meeting opens with a proclamation for Emergency Medical Services Week.
City Manager Bert Cunningham will report on recent rainfall problems, Smythe Street sidewalk project and the substation work.
There is only one item of new business an ordinance related to speed limits on specific streets. Public comments and approval of minutes wrap up the agenda.
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