NEWS
Early voting ends topping nearly 550 voters
Texas voters go to the polls Tuesday to consider a slate of seven constitutional amendments on a variety of topics, while voters in Bowie will select city council and school board members and Saint Jo elects school trustees.
It was a busy two-week early voting period led by the City of Bowie where for the first time in many years there were contested races for three council seats.
The Bowie Independent School District will fill three trustee slots, with one incumbent unopposed and two contested. Saint Jo ISD has three places with three incumbents and three challengers.
Shortly before noon Friday as early voting came to an end, Elections Administrator Ginger Wall reported a total of 538 early voter ballots. Broken out by city it was: Bowie, 368; Nocona, 26; Saint Jo, 64; and Montague, 47.
On election day voters are reminded they may cast a ballot at any of the voting centers located across the county, you are not required to vote only in your home precinct.
Read the full story on the candidates in the weekend News.
Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet at 5:30 p.m. on June 16.
The big item on the agenda is the review of superintendent candidate applications and consider possible interview choice. Superintendent Blake Enlow resigned on May 23 and Assistant Superintendent Lee Ann Farris has been serving as the interim.
That item will be in executive session along with professional educator contracts that need to be considered.
On the regular agenda Farris will update the board on education bills passed by the 89th Texas Legislature and their budget impacts, as well as discipline impacts. A budget workshop will be considered. She also will provide information on state assessment and board goals.
Campus administrators and directors will provide updates, along with the finance director.
In action items the board will review Texas Association of School Board update 124, consider changes to the 12-month and 11 employee dates and consider the purchase of a new band trailer not to exceed $80,000.
Due to the June 19 Juneteenth federal holiday the U.S. Post Office will be closed, which moves then Thursday Bowie News to a delivery date on Friday. It will be available in the stores at its regular time.
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