The Aledo Ledger Saturday, September 5, 2026

The Daniel Ninth Grade Campus on the record

21 meetings

Every passage of the Ledger's meeting reports that mentions Daniel Ninth Grade Campus: construction and renovation votes, purchases, naming, principals and the bond projects behind them, newest first, with the minutes linked.

Compiled automatically from the Ledger's meeting reports: each excerpt below is the passage of a report that mentions this topic, in the words the report used, linked to the full entry and its minutes. Updated on every build; last built Friday, September 4, 2026.

School board approves kitchen HVAC and gym lighting upgrades and a class-ranking policy change as the high school wins the 5A Texas Cup

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met June 15, 2026, with Trustees Forrest Collins, Laura Pace, Jeremy Pruett, Jim Scott, Lynn Morgan and David Lear present; Zachary Tarrant joined at 6:49 p.m. Collins announced the subcommittee assignments for the coming year: legislative, Lear, Collins and Scott; board operating procedures, Pace, Tarrant and Collins; bond progress and planning, Pruett, Lear and Tarrant; community relations, Morgan, Pruett and Tarrant; safety audit committee representatives, Collins and Morgan; strategic partners representatives, Pace, Morgan and Pruett; and budget, Lear, Morgan and Scott. Superintendent Susan Bohn urged families to register students and announced that Aledo High School and the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus won the 5A Texas Cup and finished runner-up for the 5A UIL Lone Star Cup for 2025-2026.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the June 15, 2026 meeting (draft), as attached to the Aug. 17, 2026 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, June 15, 2026 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Tarrant and Pace are sworn in, Harris leaves after 15 years, and the board authorizes Series 2026 refunding bonds and names Vierling Field

The board approved, each 7-0: purchases of IXL Learning language arts and math, Really Great Reading products and NWEA's MAP Growth assessments; the Teague Nall and Perkins contract for the Aledo Middle School and Early Childhood Academy parking and drives; one-year contract extensions with McLemore Building Maintenance for custodial services and Lawn Patrol for grounds; a Viva Railings proposal to upgrade and repair the Aledo Middle School cafeteria railing; new staffing positions for 2026-2027; an order authorizing the issuance of Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds, Series 2026, and delegating authority for their sale and delivery, presented by Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld and Josh McLaughlin of BOK Financial; Request for Qualifications 2604-05 engaging Patillo, Brown & Hill for the 2025-2026 audit; and naming the turf field at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus Vierling Field on the retirement of the soccer coach. The consent agenda, also 7-0, included a renewal of the delivered-pizza proposal for child nutrition and an interlocal agreement with the Town of Annetta on use of a utility vehicle.

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

School board adopts the 2026-2027 calendar, accepts a clean audit, calls the May 2 trustee election and approves radio and computer upgrades

Aledo High School and the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus presented on the Bearcats LEAD program. The board commended Walsh Elementary's first-grade team, the month's Bearcats of Character, the Aledo ISD Child Development Center's Texas Rising Star four-star certification from the Texas Workforce Commission, the football team as Class 5A Division I bronze medalists and its academic all-state honorees, and received an Aledo Education Foundation innovative teaching grant presentation. No one spoke during public comment, and the consent agenda passed 6-0.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Jan. 20, 2026 meeting (draft), as attached to the Feb. 16, 2026 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Jan. 20, 2026 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board accepts the audit for the year ended Aug. 31, 2024, and calls the May 3, 2025, trustee election

Aledo High School and the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus presented, and the board commended the month's Bearcats of Character and Vandagriff Elementary's third-grade team. The consent agenda, including class size waivers, passed 6-0.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Jan. 21, 2025 meeting, as attached to the Feb. 17, 2025 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Jan. 21, 2025 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board opens 2024-2025 with McKinney Elementary and the high school renovations complete, and adopts 19 policy changes

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Aug. 19, 2024, with all seven trustees present. Superintendent Susan Bohn welcomed staff and students back and celebrated the opening of McKinney Elementary School and the renovations at Aledo High School and the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus. Vice President David Lear said the Texas House Public Education Committee had met and that the district's legislative subcommittee would begin its priorities for the 89th session the following week. Trustee Zachary Tarrant updated the 2023 bond projects.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 19, 2024 meeting (draft), as attached to the Sept. 17, 2024 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 19, 2024 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Four trustees tour the high school and ninth grade campus construction and renovation project

Chief Facilities and Construction Officer Chris Campbell led the board on a tour of the Aledo High School and Daniel Ninth Grade Campus construction and renovation project. An executive session was posted, and the workshop adjourned at 5:25 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 12, 2024 meeting, as attached to the Aug. 19, 2024 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 12, 2024 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

After a 12th state football title, the board hears the 2023 demographic update, seats the Attendance Zone Committee and wires the new elementary school

McCall Elementary presented on its library clubs. The board commended the district's School FIRST financial integrity rating, academic all-state athletes, a perfect score on the AP Computer Science Principles exam, FFA ag advocacy state finalists, the Daniel Ninth Grade biology team, and a Girl Scout troop's Silver Award presentation of sensory boards. The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included Resolution 12182023-1 pertaining to Senate Bill 763, an interlocal agreement to join the Region 10 Education Service Center multi-region purchasing cooperative, and an off-campus PE site.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Dec. 18, 2023 meeting, as attached to the Jan. 16, 2024 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Dec. 18, 2023 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board marks a 20th straight Superior financial rating, authorizes advertising a sale or exchange of property on Old Weatherford Road, and closes out the 2019 bond updates

The Daniel Ninth Grade campus presented. The board commended the district's Superior School FIRST rating and Vandagriff Elementary's kindergarten team. No one spoke during public comment. The consent agenda, approved 6-0, included agreements to join purchasing cooperatives, policy COA(Local) on food and nutrition procurement, and an interlocal agreement to join the Region 10 Education Service Center multi-region purchasing cooperative.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Dec. 12, 2022 meeting, as attached to the Jan. 17, 2023 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Dec. 12, 2022 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Named Texas Honor Board of the Year, the board adopts the 2021-2022 improvement plans, grants Fort Worth and Tri-County easements, and revises the superintendent's contract

The Daniel Ninth Grade campus presented. The board commended the middle school Honor Winds' invitation to the Midwest Clinic, College Board National Recognition Program scholars, National Merit commended scholars and two semifinalists. Members of the community spoke. The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included a grade 7 reading diagnostic waiver, class size exception waivers, an interlocal agreement with the Town of Annetta on a utility vehicle and a remote homebound attendance waiver.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Oct. 18, 2021 meeting, as attached to the Nov. 15, 2021 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Oct. 18, 2021 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board extends random drug testing to grades 7 and 8 extracurriculars, adopts the 2021-2022 code of conduct and community report card, and picks First Financial Bank as depository

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Aug. 16, 2021, with all seven trustees present. Superintendent Susan Bohn said the district would monitor COVID-19's effect on operations and adjust through the year. Forrest Collins reported on the special legislative session, and Jessica Brown on the challenges and successes at the Aledo Middle School renovation and the new Annetta Elementary. The board welcomed a fine arts coordinator and a Daniel Ninth Grade assistant principal. Community members spoke on agenda and non-agenda items.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Aug. 16, 2021 meeting, as attached to the Sept. 21, 2021 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Aug. 16, 2021 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board approves synthetic turf for the baseball and softball fields, engages Pattillo, Brown & Hill, and buys Annetta Elementary's curriculum

The consent agenda, approved 6-0, included the district's contracts with the Region 11 Education Service Center. The board then approved, each 6-0: Really Great Reading products; turf conversions and replacements for the Aledo High School and Daniel Ninth Grade fields, presented with Athletic Director Steve Wood; 2020-2021 general fund and debt service fund budget amendments; cafeteria furniture for Aledo High School; the engagement of Pattillo, Brown & Hill LLC for the 2020-2021 audit; math and English language arts and reading curriculum materials for Annetta Elementary; a cost increase for certified material testing by CMJ Engineering on the Annetta Elementary project; an Oncor Electric Delivery Company LLC easement and right of way for the Aledo Middle School project; and 2021-2022 staffing adjustments.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the June 21, 2021 meeting, as attached to the July 19, 2021 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, June 21, 2021 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Lear, Loftin and Brown are sworn in, the board awards the bid to convert McAnally Intermediate into the new Vandagriff Elementary, and rescinds its COVID-19 emergency resolution

Walsh Elementary, McAnally Intermediate and Daniel Ninth Grade presented on collaborative teamwork. The board commended UIL academic medalists, HOSA state finalists, ag mechanics winners, state track and field medalists, state golf qualifiers, BPA state qualifiers, state solo and ensemble qualifiers, new principals at Coder and Walsh elementaries and the communications department's TSPRA award. After a COVID-19 update from Executive Director of Student Health Services Scott Kessel, the board voted 7-0 to rescind the resolution delegating emergency authority to the superintendent, citing the lack of need for it.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the May 18, 2021 meeting, as attached to the June 21, 2021 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, May 18, 2021 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board approves Huckabee's schematic designs for Middle School No. 2 and the Aledo Middle School renovation, and hears the district plans to offer families an in-person or virtual choice

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met June 8, 2020, with all seven trustees present: President Hoyt Harris, Vice President Jennifer Loftin, Secretary Forrest Collins and Trustees Julie Turner, Jessica Brown, Jennifer Taylor and David Lear. Harris explained the board's three subcommittees: operating procedures, legislative and bond construction. Collins said the legislative subcommittee would meet State Representative Phil King about the instructional calendar and remote education. The board recognized three Circle of Greatness honorees and introduced new principals for the Daniel Ninth Grade campus and McAnally Intermediate. The publisher of The Community News spoke during public comment about the paper's partnership with the district over the past 25 years.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the June 8, 2020 meeting, as attached to the July 20, 2020 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, June 8, 2020 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board canvasses the Nov. 5 bond election, charters the Bond Progress Committee, names its construction subcommittee and casts 1,005 appraisal-district votes for Sterling Naron

Bohn, Director of Construction and Facilities Tyler Boswell and Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld outlined the bond's first steps: the architect request for qualifications advertised the previous Friday, a pre-bid meeting Dec. 3, questions due Dec. 5, submissions due Dec. 9 and interviews Dec. 11 through 13, with a board workshop Dec. 10. Assistant Superintendent Amber Crissey reviewed instructional data and the Daniel Ninth Grade Algebra 1 team was featured. After an executive session from 8 to 9 p.m., the meeting adjourned at 9:04 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Nov. 18, 2019 meeting, as attached to the Dec. 16, 2019 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Nov. 18, 2019 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Two weeks before the bond election, the board hears the campaign's reach, adopts the 2019-2020 improvement plans and adds David Lear to the legislative subcommittee

The consent agenda, approved 6-0, included the Sept. 16 and Oct. 15 minutes and a resolution on an interlocal agreement with the Region 10 Retirement Asset Management Services Cooperative. The board approved the 2019-2020 district and campus improvement plans, presented by Deputy Superintendent Lynn McKinney and Daniel Ninth Grade principal Angela Tims, 6-0, and elected David Lear to the legislative subcommittee, 6-0. Assistant Superintendent Amber Crissey reviewed the instructional focus and, with English language arts specialist Staci Hammer, the timeline for adopting grades 9-12 English language arts materials. After an executive session from 7:22 to 8:36 p.m., the meeting adjourned at 8:37 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Oct. 21, 2019 meeting, as attached to the Nov. 18, 2019 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Oct. 21, 2019 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Taylor and Collins are sworn in, Bobby J. Rigues is honored, and the board adopts a school-finance resolution, its operating procedures manual, $317,525 in technology and four buses from the 2015 bond

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met May 21, 2019, with all seven trustees present. The board and Superintendent Susan Bohn honored Trustee Bobby J. Rigues for his years of service, and the board secretary swore in Jennifer Taylor and Forrest Collins to Places 4 and 5. The Daniel Ninth Grade campus presented. The board commended the robotics team as a UIL state and FIRST world qualifier, VASE state qualifiers, the FFA horse judging team as a national qualifier, Duke TIP honorees, Vandagriff Elementary as a Capturing Kids' Hearts national showcase school, the Business Development Group of Aledo's business education partnership award, and two awards to the School Health Advisory Council, and welcomed a new Walsh Elementary principal, a new director of assessment and accountability and seven instructional specialists.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the May 21, 2019 meeting, as attached to the June 17, 2019 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, May 21, 2019 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board hears the spring demographic update, honors nine-year trustee David Davis, and hires a communications director on a 5-1 vote

The consent agenda, approved 6-0, included 2017-2018 lunchroom prices, E-Rate and a technology purchase. The CTE coordinator presented a needs assessment, Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld presented budget projections, and Husfeld and Buford Thompson Construction updated Walsh Elementary. The board approved, each 6-0, additional Daniel Ninth Grade Campus parking lot lights, summer maintenance projects and policy FFA(Local). After an executive session from 9:40 to 11:18 p.m. that included the safety audit report, it approved Rick Herrin as director of communications, 5-1, with Rigues voting against, and adjourned at 11:19 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the June 19, 2017 meeting, as attached to the July 17, 2017 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, June 19, 2017 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

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 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.

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

School board adopts the 2016-2017 campus improvement plans as the attendance-zone calendar is set and a testing irregularity delays the TAPR

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Oct. 17, 2016, with six trustees present once Hoyt Harris arrived. The high school's National Honor Society officers presented. Superintendent Derek Citty reminded trustees of the Oct. 24 attendance-boundary workshop, the Nov. 3 Mad for Plaid fundraiser and town halls Nov. 7 and 10, described a cultural awareness in-service by Dr. Adolf Brown, and showed the fence being placed at McAnally Intermediate to give students a safer walk to Bearcat Park. The board recognized the Daniel Ninth Grade principal as the Texas Art Educator Association's principal of the year. President Jay Stringer distributed the 2016 goals and draft evaluation instrument and said the superintendent's evaluation might be delayed because statewide testing irregularities had held up the Texas Academic Performance Report. Dr. David Tillman reported the Community Partners' donations of $3,000 to the AdvoCats and $2,500 to the education foundation; Jennifer Loftin reported 62 grant applications; Bobby J. Rigues reported on school choice hearings, House Bill 5 pathways and TEA governance training. There were no public comments.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Oct. 17, 2016 meeting, as attached to the Nov. 14, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Oct. 17, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board approves the final design of Elementary No. 5 as the CFO reports the 2016 refunding saved more than $12 million

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met April 18, 2016, with six trustees present. The Daniel Ninth Grade campus presented its STEAM studio and fabrication lab. The board recognized HOSA state competitors and a state powerlifting champion. Education foundation executive director Shawn Callaway reported the Bearcats and Boots gala raised more than $248,000 and $20,000 for Calm Cats rooms at four elementary campuses, a new foundation president, and the golf tournament renamed the Don Daniel Golf Classic for June 10. Dr. David Tillman reported the Community Partners would donate $1,000 to the AdvoCats. Bobby J. Rigues reported on House Bill 2804's new accountability system, Commissioner Mike Morath's meeting with TASB's board and TEA's reorganization. A resident spoke on the salary study.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the April 18, 2016 meeting, as attached to the May 16, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, April 18, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

With five residents pressing on where to build Elementary No. 5, the board tables the location, authorizes Series 2016 refunding bonds, limits Dallas County Schools to transportation, and calls the May election

The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Feb. 15, 2016, with six trustees present. McAnally Intermediate's BIGG Club presented. Superintendent Derek Citty reported on the City of Aledo sidewalk grant project and elementary playgrounds nearing completion. The board recognized the football team, all-state band and choir students and the Daniel Ninth Grade campus's CREST Award. Bobby J. Rigues invited trustees to a Region 11 community meeting on the House Bill 2804 accountability system. Five residents spoke: on teacher salaries and Elementary No. 5, the role of the board, the school's location, a petition to reconsider the vote to build north, and public trust.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Feb. 15, 2016 meeting, as attached to the March 21, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Feb. 15, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook