58.2 Howe Enterprise May 25, 2020

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New track and turf at Bulldog Stadium?

The HHS Class of 2020

Kindergarten teacher Stefanie Richardson was

The Howe School Board, on Monday night, dis-

The Howe High School Essential Graduates—2020

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Howe ISD Teachers of the Year

Grayson Publishing, LLC

Graduation Friday, pg. 4 Howe ISD 2020-21, pg. 5 1908 Howe history, pg. 6 Summer Library Events, pg. 8 Jeff Griffith, pg. 9 Antiques, pg. 9 Business Directory, pg. 11 Local events, pg. 13 Band Banquet, pg. 14 1982 Senior Will, pg. 17 Mail-in ballot?, pg. 18 Finance/Children, pg. 20 Past front pages, pg. 21-28

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French sworn in again as Molly Wilson is valedictorian, mayor; Haigis and Foster Paetyn Ford is salutatorian honored as outgoing councilmen

Friday night is a big night for seniors of Howe High School It’s the presentation of long-awaited and hard-earned (in most cases) certificates, indicating the holder thereof has completed 13 years of instruction, reaching a milestone in their lives. The next few months and years will be a big change for the graduates, as they emerge from childhood, with its protection by mom and pop, into adulthood, where they will begin facing problems on their own, new and different problems, and some of the old ones. They will find that life is joyful at times, sorrowful at others, good at times, and hard at others. And it will be different. The Class of 2020 has been my favorite so far, well, with the exception of 1992. From band excellence, to basketball dominance, to #thatbandkidcanplay stories. EDITOR’S NOTE—This column is reserved as an opinion column and may not necessarily reflect the policy of this publication.

Sam Haigis and Darren Foster were recognized as outgoing city councilmen at Tuesday’s monthly meeting. Haigis has served 28 years on the council in five different decades as he was first elected in 1979 and served until 1987. He then returned to the council in 2000 and finished a 20year stay last week. Once during a council meeting, then-Mayor Jeff Stanley told the audience that Haigis had served as councilman “since Moses” which drew Haigis to correct him to “since Joshua” (Continued on page 3)

Sam Haigis, city councilman from 1979-1987, 2000-2020

Howe ISD increases teacher salaries by 3 percent Howe ISD discussed the budget for next year’s school year. One topic of discussion in the budget was teacher pay. Superintendent Kevin Wilson thought that the ISD would be able to increase the salary schedule by $1,000 and a 3 percent raise. “This may be the last time we get to give a decent raise,” said Wilson with the impacts from COVID19 in mind. Wilson said the raises should be sustainable over the years.

“We’re getting a pretty good reputation of paying our teachers well,” said Wilson. “Granted, we’re not with Frisco and McKinney, but we’re right there with Grayson County.” It’s not only the salary that makes Howe competitive, but also the low class sizes and the insurance that is 100 percent paid by the district. The beginning teacher salary now will be $45,000 and teachers with over 20 years of time will move to a $61,000 salary.

Please have ALL bulk items (2 yards per household) out no later than 7 a.m. Friday, June 12th.

Graduation will take place on Friday night as the essential Class of 2020 will be the first ever to have a graduation ceremony at Bulldog Stadium. The lights will be on as graduation will begin at 8 pm at the oldest active football stadium in north Texas.

Honor graduates were also released and those are Jenna Honore, Amanda Miller, Cassidy Anderson Kacie Morgan, Micaela Wade, Mitchell Webb, Valerie Langford, Baily Bond, Mikayla Hudek Jamie Taylor, and Lane Griffin.

Molly Wilson was announced as valedictorian of the class and Paetyn Ford was named salutatorian. Wilson, will be headed to Oklahoma State University Stillwater in the fall while Ford will be attending Texas Tech University in Lubbock.

COVID-19 ended their sports, prom, banquets, trips, and most of all the final memories together. A number of these seniors began school at Howe in kindergarten including the valedictorian and the salutatorian which speaks volumes of the educational system at Howe ISD.

Grayson County COVID-19 Deaths Total tests Total cases Active cases Average positive test Average negative test Positive test percentage Grayson County Population Total projected positive tests

2 2,288 300 182 0.131 86.9% 13.1% 136,212 17,844


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