Aledo ISD safety and technology purchases: Flock cameras, police radios, fiber, Skyward and devices

School board approves a student device purchase, pays staff for bad-weather days, and previews a land donation and drainage easement to Parker County

The consent agenda passed 7-0 and included a class size waiver, a joint election agreement and contract for election services with the Parker County elections administrator for the May 2, 2026, trustee election, authorization for the superintendent to enter a joint election agreement with the Tarrant County elections administrator, the library procurement list recommended by the School Library Advisory Council, a missed school days waiver, and a resolution paying staff for bad weather days. The board's one action item, the purchase of student devices presented by Chief Technology Officer Brooks Moore, passed 7-0.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Feb. 16, 2026 meeting, as attached to the March 23, 2026 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Feb. 16, 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

The board approved, each 6-0: the 2026-2027 district instructional calendar, presented by Director of Assessment and Accountability Candace Summerhill; wide area repeater system upgrades to improve district radio operability, presented by Chief of Police David Stevens; the purchase of staff computer upgrades, presented by Chief Technology Officer Brooks Moore; calling the May 2, 2026, Board of Trustees election; and the annual financial audit for the year ended Aug. 31, 2025, after Kent Willis of Patillo Brown & Hill reviewed the results and reported an unqualified opinion.

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 buys the Skyward system and police radios, adopts 27 local policies, and celebrates an A in the state's financial integrity rating

The board approved, each 7-0: the purchase of the Skyward student information and enterprise resource planning system, presented by Chief Technology Officer Brooks Moore; the purchase of a distributed antenna system and county-access police radios using Safe-Cycle grant funds, presented by Chief of Police David Stevens; Board Policy Update 126, the 27 local policies previewed in November; and an amendment to the 2025-2026 general fund budget.

In communication items, Assistant Superintendent Amber Crissey shared daily impact walk data and reading and language arts staff gave an update; Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld presented the School FIRST rating report and a general fund budget update; Director of Assessment and Accountability Candace Summerhill discussed the draft 2026-2027 instructional calendar; Stevens discussed wide area repeater system upgrades for radio operability; and Moore discussed a purchase of staff computers. The board met in executive session from 8:17 p.m. on the superintendent's performance update and evaluation instrument, consultation with its attorney, real property and a student matter, and adjourned at 9:08 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Dec. 16, 2025 meeting, as attached to the Jan. 20, 2026 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Dec. 16, 2025 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

With four trustees present, the board splits its appraisal-district votes, takes no action on Tarrant's, and previews a 27-policy update

Three people spoke on non-agenda items. The consent agenda, including class size waivers, passed 4-0. In communication items, Career and Technical Education staff updated the board on advanced academics and college, career and military readiness; Chief Technology Officer Brooks Moore discussed the Skyward student information and enterprise resource planning system; Chief of Police David Stevens discussed using Safe-Cycle grant funds for a distributed antenna system and county-access police radios; and Deputy Superintendent Kim Raymond walked through Board Policy Update 126, 27 local policies ranging from public participation at board meetings and cybersecurity to artificial intelligence, student discipline and conduct on school premises.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Nov. 17, 2025 meeting, as attached to the Dec. 16, 2025 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Nov. 17, 2025 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board approves the Annetta Flock camera agreement, fiber upgrades, school buses from 2023 bond funds and easements for Old Weatherford Road

The board approved, each 5-0: Board Policy Update 125, covering the duties of board officers, board and advisory committees, academic achievement, school safety transfers and attendance for credit; the 2025-2026 campus and district improvement plans; an interlocal agreement with the Town of Annetta on Flock security systems; district fiber optic cabling upgrades; temporary construction, public access, drainage and permanent slope easements for the Old Weatherford Road improvement project; Request for Proposal 2505-07 for serving line and kitchen equipment replacement at Vandagriff Elementary; and a school bus order using 2023 bond program funds.

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

School board signs the architect agreement for future high school facilities and approves the superintendent's contract

The board approved 7-0 the standard form of agreement between owner and architect for conceptual design of future additional high school facilities, presented by Chief Facilities and Construction Officer Caleb Bell. In communication items, Assistant Superintendent Amber Crissey presented the district's instructional priorities and baseline data, with updates on special programs and gifted and talented; Deputy Superintendent Kim Raymond presented draft policies from Update 125, with President Forrest Collins and Bohn directing that the board operating procedures subcommittee review BDB(Local) and BDF(Local) before the next meeting, and the district and campus improvement plans; Chief of Police David Stevens discussed an interlocal agreement with the Town of Annetta on Flock security systems; and Chief Technology Officer Brooks Moore discussed fiber optic cabling upgrades.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Sept. 15, 2025 meeting, as attached to the Oct. 21, 2025 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Sept. 15, 2025 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

A January workshop on long-range facilities, student devices, district vehicles and 2022-2023 staffing

Six trustees attended. No action is recorded.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Jan. 10, 2022 meeting, as attached to the Jan. 18, 2022 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Jan. 10, 2022 (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 board approved, each 7-0: student technology for Future Ready Aledo and student devices and Promethean boards from Dell and Apple totaling $317,525 with 2015 bond funds; Trane U.S. Inc. HVAC replacement units at Stuard Elementary, the Vandagriff rock gym, the high school agriculture building and the weight room with 2015 bond funds; four school buses from Rush Truck Centers with 2015 bond funds; and, after an executive session from 9:18 to 10:45 p.m., district datacenter and security upgrades. The board re-elected Hoyt Harris president, Loftin vice president and Collins secretary, each 7-0, and adjourned at 10:51 p.m.

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 adopts a Cultural Inclusiveness Plan, 6-1, and after the Florida shooting hears a plan for four more police officers and a trustee's call to hire them immediately

The consent agenda, approved 7-0, included charter school considerations for Responsive Ed, Texas Center for Arts and Academics and Great Hearts of Texas, and policy BBB(Local) on board elections. Executive Director of Curriculum Kathy Allen presented attendance-zone policy options and the MAP screener; Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld updated 2008 and 2015 bond funding and asked the board to consider student devices and a Chromebook management system; and Citty led a discussion of forming a bond planning committee ahead of the Fast Growth Coalition meeting Feb. 28.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Feb. 20, 2018 meeting, as attached to the March 19, 2018 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Feb. 20, 2018 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

School board hears bond survey results and the demographic report, accepts the audit, approves a fiber project, calls the May election and amends the Elementary School No. 6 site contract

The board approved, each 5-0: the annual external audit report; the district fiber project; and the calling of the May 2018 trustee election. After an executive session from 9:03 to 9:51 p.m., it approved the amended contract for the Elementary School Site No. 6, 5-0, and voted 5-0 to enter discussions only regarding Middle School No. 2. The meeting adjourned at 9:57 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Jan. 25, 2018 meeting, as attached to the Feb. 20, 2018 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Jan. 25, 2018 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Four trustees name Elementary No. 5 the Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh Elementary School, approve a fiber pathway survey and administrator contracts, and hear enrollment at 5,456

The board approved two additional class size waivers each at Stuard and Vandagriff for the spring, 3-1, with Rigues against; a remote instruction waiver, 4-0; postponement of the 2017 superintendent goals, 4-0; a fiber optic pathway survey proposal, 4-0; and the naming of Elementary No. 5 as Mary D. and F. Howard Walsh Elementary School, 4-0. After an executive session from 8:49 to 9:41 p.m., it approved administrator contracts, 4-0, and adjourned at 9:44 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Feb. 20, 2017 meeting, as attached to the March 20, 2017 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Feb. 20, 2017 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

Five trustees honor former trustee Steve Bartley, adopt an operating procedures manual, approve the Elementary No. 5 earthwork price and a slate of purchases, and set the attendance-zone calendar

Bob Templeton of Templeton Demographics presented the spring 2016 update, including a ten-year enrollment forecast, and Ross Rivers of VLK Architects reported the Coder project progressing and student devices due in October. Superintendent Derek Citty proposed a calendar: an Aug. 4 school finance workshop, Oct. 4 Team of Eight training, Oct. 24 attendance zones, town halls Nov. 7 and 10, and Dec. 5 attendance zones.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the July 18, 2016 meeting, as attached to the Aug. 15, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, July 18, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook

With seventeen bond presentations behind him, the superintendent reports a Superior financial rating as the board adopts campus plans and buys a radio communication system

After a recess, with David Davis having left at 8:28 p.m., the board approved, each 6-0: the campus improvement plans; the district holiday card winners; a radio communication system purchase; the School Health Advisory Council recommendations; the spring band trip to Florida; and the 2014-2015 textbook committee. An executive session from 9:28 to 10:30 p.m. ended with no action, and the meeting adjourned at 10:31 p.m.

Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Oct. 20, 2014 meeting, as attached to the Nov. 17, 2014 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Oct. 20, 2014 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook