Members of the Bowie Independent School District Board of Trustees will meet in regular session at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 19 in the board room.
The agenda is filled with numerous updates about the new school year including campus enrollment, homecoming activities and accountability.
The ongoing teacher shortage has prompted the district to activate an emergency permit due to an appropriately certified and qualified individual cannot be secured to assignment in the district. There is one teacher at the elementary, three at the intermediate and two at the high school on this list.
A teacher certification waiver request to allow a qualified individual to teach outside her area of certification in alternative education will be reviewed.
Trustees will discuss replacing the synthetic turf at the high school softball field by Hellas Construction not to exceed $365,000. This project has been discussed the last two months as the turf has surpassed its life expectancy of 10 years. The district may use part of its COVID relief funds to pay for part of the project.
In other action items, the District of Innovation plan for 2022-27 will be considered for approval, along with the purchase of computer alignment equipment and accessories for the county auto technology program not to exceed $36,000.