Aledo ISD Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road
Turner and Harris are seated, Loftin wins a split vote for secretary, the 2017 Bond Steering Committee is approved, and the cultural inclusiveness plan dies for lack of a second
The district split the cost of extra work on Vernon Road with Parker County at $50,850. Preliminary tax values rose 11.69%, below the 15% anticipated.
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met May 15, 2017, with all seven trustees present once Hoyt Harris arrived. The board approved the May 6 election results, declaring Julie Turner elected to Place 6 and Harris to Place 7, 6-0, and both were sworn in. In a work session, staff previewed TEA's redesigned student report, the operating procedures manual, an attendance-zone policy, parking lot lights at the ninth grade campus with 2008 bond funds, easements next to Coder Elementary and Vernon Road funding. The Daniel Ninth Grade campus presented its STEAM carnival and hydroponics, and the board commended state academic, VASE, robotics, FFA, soccer and track honorees.
After an executive session on officer qualifications, the board elected Jay Stringer president, 7-0, and Harris vice president, 7-0; a nomination of Forrest Collins for secretary failed 2-5, and Jennifer Loftin was elected secretary, 5-2. Superintendent Derek Citty updated the Walsh and Morningstar developments. Loftin reported a $7,000 robotics grant from the education foundation, and Bobby J. Rigues reported on House Bill 21 and vouchers. Three residents spoke, on the cultural inclusiveness plan and the bond committee's scope.
The consent agenda, approved 7-0, included the audit firm engagement letter, an extension of the bank depository contract, Region 11 contracts and Walsh Elementary library materials and firewall equipment. Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld reported the preliminary tax roll showed an 11.69% change, down from the 15% anticipated, and updated Walsh Elementary with Buford Thompson Construction; the School Health Advisory Council gave its end-of-year report.
Director of Student Services and Safety Scott Kessel presented the Cultural Inclusiveness Plan; a motion by Rigues to approve it died for lack of a second, and no direction was given when Citty asked for one. The board approved, each 7-0: the IMA and TEKS certifications; the 2017 Bond Steering Committee; conveyance of easements adjacent to Coder Elementary; a budget amendment for the district's $50,850 share of a 50-50 split with Parker County of additional work on Vernon Road; and nominations of two Community News journalists and a Weatherford Democrat journalist to the TASB Media Honor Roll. After an executive session on the Elementary No. 6 location, it approved two curriculum specialists and renewal contracts, 7-0, and adjourned at 11:10 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the May 15, 2017 meeting, as attached to the June 19, 2017 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, May 15, 2017 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the May 15, 2017 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the June 19, 2017 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.