Aledo Independent School District is a public

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based in

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(

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). Located in southeastern Parker County, a small portion of the district extends into western Tarrant County. In addition to Aledo, the district also serves the towns of

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and

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as well as portions of

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, 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

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. Thirty-five percent of districts in Texas in 2011 received the same rating. No state accountability ratings will be given to districts in 2012. A school district in Texas can receive one of four possible rankings from the Texas Education Agency: Exemplary (the highest possible ranking), Recognized, Academically Acceptable, and Academically Unacceptable (the lowest possible ranking). Historical district TEA accountability ratings *2011: Recognized *2010: Recognized *2009: Recognized *2008: Academically Acceptable *2007: Academically Acceptable *2006: Recognized *2005: Recognized *2004: Recognized

Schools

In the 2021-22 school year, the district had students in 10 schools. ;High schools * Aledo High School (Grades 10-12) *Don R Daniel Ninth Grade Campus (Grade 9) ;Middle schools *Aledo Middle School (Grades 7-8) ;Intermediate schools *McAnally Intermediate School (Grade 6) ;Elementary schools *Coder Elementary School (Grades PK-5) *McCall Elementary School (Grades K-5) *Stuard Elementary School (Grades K-5) *Vandagriff Elementary School (Grades K-5) *Walsh Elementary School (Grades K-5) *Annetta Elementary School (Grades K-5)

Special programs

Athletics

Aledo High School participates in the boys sports of baseball, basketball, football, soccer, and wrestling. The school participates in the girls sports of basketball, soccer, softball, and volleyball. For the 2015 through 2017 school years, Aledo High School will play football in UIL Class 5A.

Police department

The Aledo ISD Police Department is a full-service

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that serves the communities of

, Willow Park, Hudson Oaks, Anetta North, Anetta and Anetta South. The AISD police jurisdiction covers a area and lies within

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and Tarrant County, Texas. The department provides routine patrol for all of the district’s properties, criminal investigations, in addition to school resource officers assigned to various schools buildings. All AISD

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s are

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certified peace officers 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

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

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in which they assigned prices to particular

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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 "

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" and other names that included an ethnic slur.

References

External links

Aledo ISD webpage
{{Region 11 School Districts in Texas School districts in Parker County, Texas School districts in Tarrant County, Texas