The Aledo ISD board of trustees officially named its 2019 bond projects this week.
Voters approved the $149.95 million bond on Nov. 5, 2019, which includes a new elementary school, a new middle school, Aledo Middle School renovation and expansion, the conversion of McAnally Intermediate School into an elementary school and the renovation of Vandagriff Elementary School into an early childhood campus.
The new elementary school No. 6, which will be on Farm-to-Market Road 5 across from the Annetta Cemetery, is now Annetta Elementary School. Annetta Elementary School will serve kindergarten through fifth grade.
âI think it pays homage to the heritage of our school district,â AISD Board Secretary Forrest Collins said. âOnce upon a time there was a school named Annetta School and it serviced the Annettas. It was adjacent to Annetta Methodist Church and that school I believe had two classrooms, an auditorium and a fireplace, thatâs how old it was. So to honor our past