SCHOOL NEWS
Gold-Burg ISD losing Roger Ellis as superintendent
Gold-Burg Independent School District has begun the search for a new superintendent as Roger Ellis notified the board he is the lone finalist for the same position at Rio Hondo ISD near Harlingen.
The board met for a called session April 27 and engaged Region 9 Education Service Center to assist with the search. Ellis has served the district since October 2013. The job will be advertised through May 10.
In a letter to the board Ellis said the Gold-Burg family will continue to hold to high expectations as they work toward great things in the future as they continue the work they all started. Rio Hondo is a 4A district with about 1,824 students. Ellis said it was an exciting change his family was looking forward to undertaking. He expected to sign his new contract on May 13.
At the April 23 board meeting resignations were accepted from Cody Bodine, high school coach and teacher. The resignation of Principal Thomas Flincham was accepted last month, but the board has opted to wait until a new superintendent is on board before interviewing candidates.
The district is considering graduation ceremonies on May 23, but plans have not been set. A technology lending grant has been received for $39,000. About $7,000 was spent on hot spots, while the rest will go to computers and calculators.
Bowie school trustees began the arduous task of creating a 2024-25 budget during a lengthy workshop this week.
The board also reviewed some possible changes in the student/employee handbooks and codes of conduct.
Superintendent Blake Enlow said the board spent about two hours in discussion Monday night and began crunching numbers; however, many factors still remain unknown including state funding and local ad valorem tax revenue.
Trustees examined where the district stands for the rest of the fiscal year that ends in August. Finance Director Paula Peterson said the district is catching up on the arrival some state revenues, which she hopes will help offset the expect shortfall. The 2023-24 budget adopted with a half-million deficit, but Enlow said they hope to keep that down as much as possible.
Read the full story in the weekend Bowie News.
As the Bowie School District launches into its summer projects, several department heads offered their year-end reports to the trustees last Thursday.
Annual reports
Wayne Walker, support services director, told the board the management team for all his departments set a goal to reduce budget expenses this year and so far they are below budget projections as the school year winds down and summer projects kick off.
As of June 6, child nutrition was $235,678.46 below budget; transportation, $217,942.20 below budget and custodial $312,277.44 below budget, for an overall projected amount of $765,898.10 below budget.
“We hope to finish August 2024 under budget to help out the district in recouping some of the adopt deficit budget for 2023-24. We are projecting in the right direction to end the fiscal year,” said Walker.
Read the full story in the mid-week Bowie News.
Bowie High School’s Mighty Marching Maroon Band will host a fundraiser paint party from 6-8 p.m. on June 18 in the high school cafeteria.
Cost is $30 to paint an 11 X 14 pre-traced canvas with $15 of each prepaid ticket going to the boosters. The band boosters will be providing snacks, and all supplies such as paint, brushes and canvas are provided.
Host will be Shannon Adkins of Texas Gals Creative Studio.
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