Aledo ISD Administration Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road
School board hires Steve Wood as athletic director, accepts the 2018 audit, orders the May 4 election, and sends 124 staff to a PLC conference for about $83,000
The 2018 Class 5A Division II state champion football team was honored and the PTO donated $80,000. Every vote was 7-0.
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Jan. 22, 2019, with all seven trustees present. Aledo Middle School presented. The board marked School Board Recognition Month, honored a Texas horse judging high-point individual and the football team as Class 5A Division II state champions, drew ten teachers for fall-semester attendance awards, and accepted an $80,000 donation from the Aledo ISD Parent Teacher Organization. After a ten-minute closed session, it approved Superintendent Susan Bohn's recommendation to hire Steve Wood as athletic director, 7-0. A resident spoke about plans for Phase II of the Walsh development.
The board approved, each 7-0: a right-of-way easement to the City of Fort Worth; the annual financial report for the year ended Aug. 31, 2018, presented by Don Richardson of Kirk & Richardson; an order calling the May 4, 2019, trustee election for Places 4 and 5; a joint election agreement and contract for election services with Parker County; and attendance by 124 staff members at the Solution Tree PLC at Work conference in Fort Worth in June 2019 at a cost of approximately $83,000.
Assistant Superintendent Amber Crissey and two principals reported on the instructional focus and response-to-intervention training; Deputy Superintendent Lynn McKinney and committee members presented the draft District of Innovation plan and its policy changes; McKinney and Crissey presented the proposed 2019-2020 calendar; and Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld presented the budget calendar, noting certified values would not arrive until July 25. After an executive session from 9:48 to 11:16 p.m., the meeting adjourned at 11:17 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Jan. 22, 2019 meeting, as attached to the Feb. 19, 2019 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Jan. 22, 2019 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the Jan. 22, 2019 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the Feb. 19, 2019 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.