The Aledo Ledger Saturday, September 5, 2026

Aledo ISD Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road

School board sets the Elementary No. 5 guaranteed maximum price at $22,317,741 and takes a school finance workshop

The Buford-Thompson phase 2 amendment passed 6-0.

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met in special session Aug. 4, 2016, with six trustees present. On a motion by Hoyt Harris seconded by Jennifer Loftin, the board approved the final guaranteed maximum price amendment to the contract with Buford-Thompson Company for phase 2 of Elementary School No. 5 in the amount of $22,317,741, 6-0. Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld then presented the components and concepts of Texas school finance and their effect on the district, a goal the board had set for itself, and answered questions. The meeting adjourned at 8:14 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 4, 2016 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 19, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 4, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the Aug. 4, 2016 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the Sept. 19, 2016 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 Sept- 5- 2026, for the archive.

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Elementary School No. 5, phase 2
Guaranteed maximum price $22,317,741, Buford-Thompson, 6-0

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