SCHOOL NEWS
NISD trustees to meet July 15
Nocona Independent School District Board of Trustees will consider approving all the handbooks for the new school year along with pay schedules and personnel matters when they meet at 6 p.m. on July 15.
The employee compensation schedule will be reviewed as it is expected to be impacted following approval of the recent state school finance bill. The state revised its state minimums and each school district is facing how its schedule fits with that one.
Personnel matters will be discussed in executive session along with security devices and their specific occasions for implementation of the personnel or devices.
Numerous annual topics are on the agenda including review of the student, employee, band and athletics handbooks and the student code of conduct. The appraisal calendar and approved appraisers will be presented along with the athletic trainer agreement.
E3 Energy will present options for replacement of the district’s heating and air conditioning systems. This is for information only, no decisions are expected.
The Nocona Sports Complex Committee will meet with the board to discuss its plans to develop an atheltic complex that could be used by the district teams.
Other topics will include the monthly reports and bills, public comments, board training requirements, resale deeds from the tax office and action on the Texas Association of School Board board endorsement.
Abigail Hill, Nocona High School valedictorian, is the 2026 UIL feature writing state champion. Nocona faculty have been looking through school records and UIL records to see when Nocona last had someone won state. UIL record archives only date back to 1983 and they didn’t see anyone listed as winning a gold medal in Academic UIL. According to Nocona records, she is the first UIL Academic Champion since 1973. (Courtesy photo)
Bowie Elementary kindergarten students entertained the huge audience that attended the graduation ceremonies at the high school gym on May 21. Each kindergarten class performed a song for the guests. They also were invited to dress as their future career choice such as a doctor or a police officer.
Each class entertained with a song.
By Andy Newberry, MSU Texas
Midwestern State University junior Rykir Evans is not only building his skills during a NASA internship—he’s creating memories that will last a lifetime.
Evans has been a remote student at MSU Texas this semester while completing the internship. During that time, he had the opportunity to meet American naval aviator and NASA astronaut Reid Wiseman, as well as NASA Chief Flight Director Gene Kranz.
“It definitely has been an amazing experience thus far, and meeting all of the super inspirational figures in flesh and blood was definitely surreal,” Evans said.
Read the full story in Thursday’s Bowie News.
(Top photo) Rykir Evans had a chance meeting with Reid Wiseman NASA astronaut and commander of the Artemis II lunar fly-by mission. He also met famed NASA chief flight director Gene Kranz, who directed the first lunar landing mission, Apollo 11.
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