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Volume #53, Edition #37
Howe's That The University Interscholastic League will unveil its realignment plan for the next two school years on this morning at 9 am. Check howeenterprise.com this morning for breaking news.
Monday, February 1, 2016
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School Board extends Wilson's contract through 2017 In the January Howe ISD Board of Trustees meeting, the members approved the contract extension of Kevin Wilson for another year which will give him ten full years as superintendent of Howe ISD. The ten year period makes Wilson the longest tenured superintendent of Howe since Charles R. Thompson, who served in that same capacity for 23 years from 1949-1972.
In November, the UIL released its cutoff numbers for enrollment, so many have been able to make educated guesses about which classifications the North Texas area schools will compete in over the next two school years. Plenty of other questions In 2000, Kevin Wilson regarding the biennial alignment, though, won’t be came to Howe ISD as the answered until this morning. high school principal and stayed in that position until Conference Cutoffs 2006 when he became the 6A 2150 and above assistant superintendent. 5A 1100 – 2149 After the departure of then 4A 480 – 1099 Superintendent Randy 3A 221 – 479 2A 105 – 220 1A 104.9 and below
Hancock in 2006, Wilson made the transition to superintendent. Wilson was a principal during the fiscal rough times of the district in the 2002-2003 school year. In an August 2014 interview, he said, "It was a challenge. It caught a lot of people offguard, but we banded together. Everybody hunkered down and we weathered the storm." Wilson, since being superintendent has said that he's most proud that Howe ISD has maintained their fiscal stability throughout the legislative budget cuts in 2011 and been able to
Wilson also says that he's seen a difference in community pride because of upgrades of facilities.
Kevin Wilson maintain competitive salaries with area school districts our size. "The community's support of our tax ratification election in 2012 allowed us to do that." said Wilson.
"The improvements that we have made to our athletic facilities have been positively received and provide our students and community a renewed source of pride. And we were able to do all of this without a bond." said Wilson. Wilson, a Denison native went kindergarten through graduation as a Yellow Jacket before graduating from Baylor. His first job continued on Page #11
Candidate forum tonight in Van Alstyne
Football Division I and Division II Numbers for Class 3A are:
The Texoma Patriots are inviting the citizens of Grayson County to take part in the Candidate Forum and straw poll for the Grayson County Republican Primary Race for the County Commissioners of Precincts 1 and 3 as well as the race for the District Attorney. The event is tonight at 7p.m. and will be held at Buck Snort BBQ, 224 East Jefferson St in Van Alstyne.
3A Division I 319 – 479 3A Division II 221 – 318 Howe will move up to Division I in Class 3A but there are several options for landing. Howe's new district could very well be Pottsboro, Van Alstyne, Farmersville, and Commerce. The renewed rivalry with Van Alstyne is always such a treat.
Jeff Whitmire
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Scott Renfro
The candidates who have confirmed they will attend are: County Commissioner - Precinct 1 Jeff Whitmire (incumbent) and Scott Renfro; County Commissioner - Precinct 3 Phyllis James (incumbent) and Justin McDonnell; District continued on Page #9
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