Aledo ISD Administration Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road
School board buys Chromebooks with emergency connectivity funds, security video servers, McKinney Elementary materials and an ag program vehicle
Trustees-elect Jeremy Pruett and Jim Scott were acknowledged, Lear critiqued the STAAR test's cost and usefulness, and staff previewed nine 2023 bond purchases for May. Every vote was 7-0.
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met April 15, 2024, with all seven trustees present: Forrest Collins, Hoyt Harris, Zachary Tarrant, Jessica Brown, Jennifer Loftin, Jennifer Taylor and David Lear. Collins acknowledged trustees-elect Jeremy Pruett and Jim Scott, to be sworn in in May, and announced the board's 2023-2024 training hours. Superintendent Susan Bohn congratulated UIL regional qualifiers and urged families to register for 2024-2025, including the Committed to the Cats kindergarten event. Lear gave an overview of the state-mandated STAAR test, its expenses, grading process and the limits of the data it gives districts; Brown updated the 2023 bond projects.
Coder Elementary presented its Bearcat Friends program. The board commended powerlifting state qualifiers, UIL Class 5A FTC robotics state qualifiers, Walsh Elementary's third-grade team and the new principal of Walsh Elementary. The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included a contract extension for career and technical education vendors and memoranda of understanding with law enforcement agencies.
The board approved, each 7-0: security camera video management servers and student Chromebooks purchased with emergency connectivity funds, presented by Executive Director of Technology Brooks Moore; instructional materials for Lynn McKinney Elementary from the 2023 bond; the adoption of science and career and technical education curriculum, presented by Director of Assessment and Accountability Candace Summerhill; and a vehicle for the agriculture education program, presented by Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld.
Assistant Superintendent Amber Crissey and instructional specialists shared instructional rounds and PLC Cycle 3 data; Bohn and Husfeld reviewed the 2024-2025 budget; Husfeld and a TASB representative presented the annual pay systems review and the 2022-2023 fund balance report; and Chief Facilities and Construction Officer Chris Campbell and Moore previewed the school bus order, playground shade structures, McCall playfield improvements, bus parking improvements, interior security doors, public address systems and access control upgrades that the board voted on May 20. Trustees marked Brown's and Loftin's final full regular meeting.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the April 15, 2024 meeting, as attached to the May 20, 2024 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, April 15, 2024 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the April 15, 2024 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the May 20, 2024 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.