Walsh Ranch: what the school district, the city and the county have decided about Aledo's largest development
9 meetingsWalsh Ranch is the master-planned community west of Fort Worth in the Aledo ISD footprint. This page gathers every meeting-report passage that mentions it: the elementary school built to serve it, the developer's agreements and easements, the county's plat notices for its Quail Valley planning areas, and the growth it drives.
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.
Commissioners Court amends Aledo's sheriff patrol contract, posts Beall Dean Ranch incentive talks with no action, and receives Walsh Ranch Quail Valley plat notices
Under Precinct 4 plats, the court received notification of final plat applications for Walsh Ranch Quail Valley 7A and 7B, developed by Quail Valley Devco VIIA, LLC, and Quail Valley Devco VIIB, LLC, on Interstate 30 in Fort Worth's extraterritorial jurisdiction, notification only, and took no action on an item to extend or call the maintenance bond in the Parker Ridge subdivision. The meeting adjourned at 12:32 p.m.
Sources: Parker County: minutes, Jan. 12, 2026 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, Jan. 12, 2026 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center
Commissioners Court approves dispatch and jail interlocals with Willow Park and a jail agreement with Aledo, and receives Walsh Ranch Quail Valley notices
The court accepted into the minutes the executed interlocal agreements with the City of Hudson Oaks for jail services and for dispatch services, and under Precinct 4 plats received notifications from the City of Fort Worth of the Walsh Ranch Quail Valley planning areas 7A and 7B. It also accepted a resignation from the Emergency Services District 8 board and authorized posting for a replacement.
Sources: Parker County: minutes, Sept. 22, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County: agenda, Sept. 22, 2025 (Agenda Center); Parker County Agenda Center
School board accepts land donations from FG Aledo Development and Quail Valley Land Company and nominates Sterling Naron to the appraisal district board
On items presented by Chief Facilities and Construction Officer Chris Campbell, the board approved Resolution 10072024-1 accepting a donation from FG Aledo Development, LLC, and Resolution 10072024-2 accepting a donation from Quail Valley Land Company, LLC, each authorizing the superintendent to negotiate and execute the related terms and documents, and each 7-0. On an item presented by Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld, the board nominated Sterling Naron to the Parker County Appraisal District board of directors, 7-0.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Oct. 7, 2024 meeting, as attached to the Oct. 21, 2024 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Oct. 7, 2024 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board finishes Policy Update 119 and its policy review, renews the education foundation agreement, and grants a Fort Worth sewer easement and a Quail Valley construction easement
The board approved, each 5-0: the remaining policies in TASB Board Policy Update 119; the policy update recommendations that followed the board's complete policy review, presented by Deputy Superintendent Lynn McKinney; a memorandum of understanding with the Aledo Education Foundation; and a permanent sewer facility easement between the City of Fort Worth and the district together with a temporary construction easement between Quail Valley DEVCO VLO, LLC, and the district, presented by Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Sept. 19, 2022 meeting, as attached to the Oct. 18, 2022 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Sept. 19, 2022 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board hires Steve Wood as athletic director, accepts the 2018 audit, orders the May 4 election, and sends 124 staff to a PLC conference for about $83,000
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Jan. 22, 2019, with all seven trustees present. Aledo Middle School presented. The board marked School Board Recognition Month, honored a Texas horse judging high-point individual and the football team as Class 5A Division II state champions, drew ten teachers for fall-semester attendance awards, and accepted an $80,000 donation from the Aledo ISD Parent Teacher Organization. After a ten-minute closed session, it approved Superintendent Susan Bohn's recommendation to hire Steve Wood as athletic director, 7-0. A resident spoke about plans for Phase II of the Walsh development.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Jan. 22, 2019 meeting, as attached to the Feb. 19, 2019 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Jan. 22, 2019 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
Principals report on the 2017 accountability ratings as the superintendent lists the bond presentations to come and the CFO weighs what to do with leftover 2008 and 2015 bond money
The Aledo ISD Board of Trustees met Sept. 18, 2017, with six trustees present once Jennifer Loftin and Dr. David Tillman arrived. In a work session, Executive Director of Professional Development and Accountability Denise Dugger gave an overview of the 2017 accountability system, and each principal discussed their campus's strengths, challenges and plans. Stuard Elementary presented. Superintendent Derek Citty discussed the Morningstar and Walsh developments and a draft list of bond presentations and town halls. Loftin reported $2,000 in September fast cash grants; Tillman reported the Community Partners had given more than $6,000 in gift certificates to new teachers; Bobby J. Rigues reported on legislative charges after Hurricane Harvey; and Citty showed the supplies the district's campuses had collected for West Orange-Cove ISD. There were no public comments.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Sept. 18, 2017 meeting, as attached to the Oct. 16, 2017 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Sept. 18, 2017 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
Trustees weigh what they heard at two town halls on attendance zones, order stage-two buses, and split 5-1 on a high school boiler from 2008 bond funds
The consent agenda, approved 6-0, included a Bearcat Regiment and choir trip to Branson, Missouri. Chief Financial Officer Earl Husfeld and Buford-Thompson updated Elementary No. 5, and Bexie Nobles of Republic Property Group presented the Walsh development with a grand opening set for April 2017. The board approved the superintendent evaluation instrument procedure and schedule, policy FFA(Local) and the stage-two bus order under the 2015 bond, each 6-0, and the Aledo High School boiler replacement from remaining 2008 bond funds, 5-1, with Rigues against. The meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the Nov. 14, 2016 meeting, as attached to the Dec. 15, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, Nov. 14, 2016 (BoardBook); Aledo ISD meetings on BoardBook
School board revises the Elementary No. 5 schematic design at Walsh Development's request on a 3-2 vote, adopts the 2016-2017 code of conduct and four policies, and nominates Bobby Rigues to TASB's board
On a motion by Dr. David Tillman seconded by Loftin, the board approved the revised final schematic design for Elementary No. 5 as requested by Walsh Development, 3-2, with Rigues and Forrest Collins against. It approved, each 5-0, policies FFA(Local), DNA(Local), DNB(Local) and BED(Local), a resolution to join the PACE purchasing cooperative, a resolution accepting electronic bids, the 2016-2017 Student Code of Conduct and the nomination of Rigues to the TASB board of directors. No executive session was needed, and the meeting adjourned at 10:57 p.m.
Sources: Aledo ISD: minutes of the June 20, 2016 meeting, as attached to the July 18, 2016 agenda (BoardBook); Aledo ISD: agenda, June 20, 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 board approved, each 6-0: the Too Good for Drugs program; an order authorizing Unlimited Tax Refunding Bonds, Series 2016, with sale parameters, a bond purchase contract and escrow agreement; Technology Package 1; a report to TEA that the Treetops Charter School would have a negative impact on the district; the Dallas County Schools contract for transportation services only; the calling of the trustee election for Places 4 and 5; and tabling the location of Elementary No. 5. After an executive session from 10:10 to 11:48 p.m., it approved administrator contracts and an interdistrict transfer petition with a policy waiver through 2016-2017, each 6-0. A trustee suggested meeting twice a month, Citty said talks with Walsh Development on a memorandum of understanding would continue, and the meeting adjourned at 11:52 p.m.
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