Aledo ISD Administration Board Room, 1008 Bailey Ranch Road
School board adopts the 2025-2026 budget and tax rate, calls part of its 2016 refunding bonds early, and seats the Aledo Growth Committee
No one spoke at the budget and tax-rate hearing. Every vote was 7-0. The adopted rate and budget totals are not stated in the minutes.
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met in special session Aug. 25, 2025, with all seven trustees present: Forrest Collins, Zachary Tarrant, Harris, Jeremy Pruett, Scott, Lynn Morgan and David Lear. Collins opened the annual public hearing on the 2025-2026 budget and proposed tax rate; no member of the public participated.
The board approved, 7-0 each, the purpose and charge of the 2025-2026 Aledo Growth Committee and its membership, both presented by Superintendent Susan Bohn, and a new staffing recommendation for additional staff for the 2025-2026 year presented by Deputy Superintendent Kim Raymond.
On items presented by Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld, the board adopted the 2025-2026 fiscal year budget, adopted the 2025-2026 tax rate, approved the final amended budgets for 2024-2025, and approved a resolution calling a portion of the district's Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, for redemption before maturity. Each passed 7-0. The minutes do not state the adopted rate or the budget amounts; those are in the district's budget documents.
The board met in executive session from 6:39 p.m. on personnel, consultation with its attorney, real property and a student matter, and adjourned at 7:22 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 25, 2025 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 15, 2025 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
How this was sourced: Primary documents: the minutes of the Aug. 25, 2025 meeting as posted on BoardBook with the Sept. 15, 2025 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. 4, 2026, for the archive.