SCHOOL NEWS
State Rep. Springer answers student questions at Bowie High School
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
District 68 State Representative Drew Springer talked with a large group of Bowie High School students this week as he made a town hall sweep around North Texas.
The Muenster Republican traveled to Graham, Jacksboro, Bowie and Nocona on Tuesday for a series of town hall meetings. In Bowie he met with the retired teachers’ group and then with seniors, juniors and social studies students.
Springer is finishing up his third term and runs unopposed for his fourth term. House District 68 spans 22 counties. There are about 165,000 people within the district.
He serves as vice chairman of the county affairs committee and is a member of the economic stabilization fund balance select committee, redistricting and ways and means committees.
The 86th Legislature meets in 2019 for its biennium session of 140 days. Springer said he anticipates the topics of property tax, school safety and recovery from Hurricane Harvey will lead the discussion.
A perennial topic, property taxes always rises to the top of the debate, especially in the area of school finance. He said as property values go up faster than the population of a district, so locals are paying more and the state paying less.
“We are looking to rebalance that with talk about compressing that to possibly 75 cents or less. There also is talk of a consumption tax,” explained Springer.
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District 68 State Rep. Drew Springer took time to visit with Bowie High School students. (Left) Caroline Gomez and (Right) Katy Killen on Tuesday. (Courtesy photo)
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonnline.com
Bowie Independent School District Trustees began plowing through the 2026-27 budget at its first workshop on Aug. 3.
The center of discussion was presentation of the salary study commissioned by the district through the Texas Association of School Boards. Laura Wurman of TASB explained how the data was gathered and developed into recommendations for the district.
Purpose of the study is to assess competitive pay levels for common jobs. Wurman said they analyses market data to determine where the district is at risk and identified priorities for pay system improvements.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Diana Calderon will join the Bowie High School staff as assistant principal in the new school year.
She comes to Bowie from Lake Dallas Elementary School where she served as assistant principal since 2024. Her prior positions include administrator at Decatur High School from 2022-2024, and English as a second language director at Ponder High School and Middle School from 2017 to 2022.
Calderon’s educational background began with a bachelor of business management in 2007 from the University of Phoenix. She earned her master degree in bilingual education from Southern Methodist University in 2018 and a master’s in educational leadership also in 2018.
The educator is working on her doctorate of educational leadership.
By BARBARA GREEN
editor@bowienewsonline.com
New Bowie High School Principal Dean Johnson brings 15 years of experience as an educator to the campus and he is looking forward to settling down in his new town.
The 38-year-old comes to Bowie from Farmersville Independent School District where he was junior high principal since 2022 and prior to that he was assistant starting in 2019. In 2023 he was named Texas Association of Secondary School Personnel’s Region 10 Assistant Principal of the Year.
Born and raised in Sherman, Johnson always knew his career path was coaching/teaching. He followed in his mother’s footsteps as she worked 30-plus years as a high school math teacher. His sister is a middle school math teacher and her husband is a teacher/coach both at Bells ISD, along with a cousin who is elementary principal at Burkburnett.
And dad can’t be left out, Johnson said while his father did several jobs, for many years he drove a bus for Sherman ISD, including those athletic team trips.
“I would often go with him on those trips with the football team and at seven or eight years old you look up at the players. I also was a ball boy. My path was set early,” said the new principal.
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