The Aledo Ledger Sunday, September 6, 2026

Aledo ISD Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road

School board hires Dr. Derek Citty as superintendent, 6-0, and signs his contract

A reception followed a twenty-minute meeting.

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met in special session June 19, 2013, with six trustees present. After an executive session on the superintendent's contract from 6:04 to 6:10 p.m., the board voted 6-0, on a motion by Steve Bartley seconded by Dr. David Tillman, to hire Dr. Derek Citty as superintendent. Citty thanked the board, and he, President Jay Stringer and Secretary Johnny Campbell signed the contract. Trustees said the process had ended and the work would begin. The meeting adjourned at 6:23 p.m., and a reception followed.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the June 19, 2013 meeting, as attached to the July 22, 2013 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, June 19, 2013 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the June 19, 2013 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the July 22, 2013 agenda, and the meeting agenda. Every vote, number and name above appears in those documents; the Ledger did not review the meeting video. Students, employees who are not administrators, and public commenters are not named. Written 2026-09-06, for the archive.

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