The Aledo Ledger Saturday, September 5, 2026

Aledo ISD Administration Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road

School board revises the superintendent's contract, adopts the 2022-2023 improvement plans, and hears the growth committee's data on facilities, costs and land

Annetta Elementary won a TASB Exhibit of School Architecture award for innovation. Every vote was 6-0.

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Oct. 18, 2022, with President Hoyt Harris and Trustees Turner, Jessica Brown, Jennifer Loftin, Jennifer Taylor and David Lear present. Harris reported on the TASA/TASB conference. Brown reported on the coming elections and the 88th Legislative Session beginning in January 2023, and on the 2019 bond projects. Aledo Growth Committee co-chairs Dan Reilley and Kelli Stumbo reported on the committee's demographic report, financial report, costs of new facilities and land updates as it determines the district's facility needs.

Coder Elementary presented. The board commended two National Merit semifinalists, 16 commended scholars, and Annetta Elementary's Texas Association of School Boards 2022-2023 Exhibit of School Architecture award for innovation. No one spoke during public comment. The consent agenda, approved 6-0, included a financial aid application opt-out form.

The board approved, each 6-0, annual technology license and warranty renewals presented by Director of Technology Brooks Moore and the 2022-2023 district and campus improvement plans presented by Deputy Superintendent Lynn McKinney. After an executive session on the superintendent's performance update and contract, it approved the revised superintendent contract, 6-0.

Instructional specialists discussed the professional learning community's three big ideas and the first collaborative-team self-assessments, Director of Assessment and Accountability Candace Summerhill presented beginning-of-year screener data, Chief Facilities and Construction Officer Chris Campbell gave an in-depth 2019 bond update, and the legislative subcommittee with Superintendent Susan Bohn discussed the draft 88th session priorities. The meeting adjourned at 9:15 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Oct. 18, 2022 meeting, as attached to the Nov. 14, 2022 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Oct. 18, 2022 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the Oct. 18, 2022 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the Nov. 14, 2022 agenda, and the meeting agenda. Every vote, number and name above appears in those documents; the Ledger did not review the meeting video. Students and public commenters are not named. Written Sept. 5, 2026, for the archive.

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LedgerAt a glance
Superintendent contract
Revised contract approved, 6-0
2022-2023 improvement plans
Approved, 6-0
Annetta Elementary
TASB Exhibit of School Architecture award, innovation

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Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the May 18, 2026 meeting, as attached to the June 15, 2026 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, May 18, 2026 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook