Aledo Independent School District is a public
school district
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based in
Aledo,
Texas
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(
USA
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). Located in southeastern
Parker County, a small portion of the district extends into western
Tarrant County
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. In addition to Aledo, the district also serves the towns of
Annetta and
Annetta South as well as portions of
Annetta North,
Cresson,
Hudson Oaks, and
Willow Park.
Finances
As of the 2010-2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $2,578,963,000.
[ The maintenance tax rate was $0.117 and the bond tax rate was $0.026 per $100 of appraised valuation.]
Academic achievement
In 2011, the school district was rated " recognized" by the Texas Education Agency
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Schools
In the 2021-22 school year, the district had students in 10 schools.
Special programs
Athletics
Aledo High School participates in the boys sports of baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and wrestling.
Police department
The Aledo ISD Police Department is a full-service police department that serves the communities of Aledo, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Anetta North, Anetta and Anetta South. The AISD police jurisdiction covers a area and lies within Parker and Tarrant County, Texas
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. The department provides routine patrol for all of the district’s properties, criminal investigation
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s, in addition to school resource officers assigned to various schools buildings. All AISD police officer
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s are TCLEOSE certified peace officer
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s with full arrest powers.
Aledo ISD Police Department was the first school district police department in Parker County, and as with any Texas school police agency, it's officers have jurisdiction within the school district
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boundaries and in any county within the State of Texas in which the district has property owned, leased, rented, or otherwise under its control.
the Chief of Police is Fred Collie who formerly served as a Chief Deputy for Precinct 5, Dallas County Constables Office and as a Deputy Chief for the Arlington Texas Police Department.
Notable incidents
In April 2021, students at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus were disciplined after it was learned they were playing a game on messaging platform Snapchat in which they assigned prices to particular persons of color at the school and would then "trade" them according to that perceived value. Screenshots show that the group chat in which the game occurred was, at various times, labelled as "Slave Trade
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" and other names that included an ethnic slur
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See also
*List of school districts in Texas
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Geographical school districts in Texas are (with one exception, the Stafford Municipal School District) completely independent from city or county jurisdiction.
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*List of high schools in Texas
This is a list of high schools in the state of Texas.
Anderson County
* Cayuga High School, Cayuga
*Elkhart High School, Elkhart
* Frankston High School, Frankston
* Neches High School, Neches
* Palestine High School, Palestine
* Slocum High Sch ...
References
External links
Aledo ISD webpage
{{Region 11 School Districts in Texas
School districts in Parker County, Texas
School districts in Tarrant County, Texas