Aledo ISD Back to School 2023-24

Students in grades PK-5 will not be issued a Chromebook; devices will be stored in each classroom for students to use. For students in grades 6-12, we distribute devices at each campus once school starts. While students in grades 6-12 may bring their own device, we very highly recommend they check out and use a district Chromebook.

IMPORTANT: Students with outstanding device fees WILL NOT be reissued a device until their fees have been paid. Log in to your InTouch account to see if you have any outstanding fees and also to pay those outstanding fees. If your student has an outstanding technology fee, this would have also been communicated with you via a mailed letter at the end of last school year.

School supply lists for students in grades PK-8 are online at aledoisd.org/schoolsupplies.

If your student is entering grades 9-12, teachers will give a list of supplies needed during the first week of school. Sending your student with paper and a pencil/pen on the first day should suffice until you get further instructions from teachers.

Each Aledo ISD campus serves breakfast and lunch daily in the cafeteria. AISD utilizes MySchoolBucks as a prepaid meal account for students. Also, it is time to apply for free or reduced-price meals for those who qualify based on financial need or household situation. New this year: all students who qualify for reduced-price meals will receive breakfast daily for free. Apply at www.schoollunchapp.com for free and reduced-price meal benefits; you must submit an application each year.

Please see below Aledo ISD’s 2023-2024 meal pricing:

School Lunch (includes protein, grain, fruit, veggies milk):

• Aledo ISD Child Development Center: $3.00
• Grades Pre-K through 5th: $3.25
• Middle School (Grades 6-8): $3.50
• DNG & AHS (Grades 9-12): $3.75/$4.75 for premium meal
• Reduced-Price Lunch (all campuses): $0.40
• Free Lunch (all campuses): $0

School Breakfast (includes protein, grain (or 2 grains), fruits, milk):

• All campuses: $2.00
• Free & Reduced Price Breakfast (all campuses): $0

Adult Meal Pricing (all campuses):

• School Lunch: $4.75
• School Breakfast: $2.75

Registration for bus transportation is completed during the school registration process this year. However, if you missed registering your student or need to update your bus registration, you may still access that through the Ascender Parent Portal at any time. Please remember these important dates:

• The bus transportation registration deadline for students utilizing bus transportation the first week of school (August 16-18) will be on Wednesday, August 9.

• Any registration after August 9 means your student may begin riding the bus on Monday, August 21.

• Registering your student after August 21 requires three business days before they may begin riding the bus.

Please download the Versatrans MyStop app to track your students’ bus location and arrival times as well as to receive notifications on delays or other pertinent information.

On Monday, August 14, you will be able to view bus routes/times through Versatrans MyStop. Username is your student ID# and Password is student date of birth XX/XX/XXX.

Click here to access the Pre-K-1st School Bus Rider Release form. It is the policy of Aledo ISD that all Pre-K, kindergarten and 1st-grade students must be met at the bus stop each afternoon by a parent or guardian unless granted permission to the Director of Transportation for an older sibling or other approved family member to meet the Pre-K-1st-grade child after submission and approval of this form. Parents/guardians must be at the bus stop each day on time for their student(s) until they receive notification of approval of this request. This form must be renewed each year. Please print, fill out and sign this form and return it via email to transportation@aledoisd.org.

School hours will remain the same for the 2023-2024 school year:

Elementary/Early Childhood Academy (PK-5):

• 7:30 AM first bell

• 7:40 AM tardy bell

• 3:10 PM dismissal

Secondary (6-12):

• 8:30 AM first bell

• 8:40 AM tardy bell

• 4:10 PM dismissal

Now is a great time to get registered for Bearcat Care Clinics in partnership with the Parker County Hospital District on each of our campuses. This service saves our parents and staff valuable time as they allow Aledo ISD families and staff the ability to receive telemedicine care onsite at each campus. School nurses will be present with students and parents can attend the appointment in person or remotely. Using telemedicine and a Medpod Medical Cart in the nurse’s office at each Aledo ISD campus, students and staff will have access to visit with Steven Welch, DO, the chief medical officer for the Parker County Hospital District and local health authority for Parker County. Aledo ISD school nurses can, if recommended by Welch, administer flu, strep or rapid COVID-19 tests and then Welch can prescribe medication, if necessary.

Please visit the Texas Department of State Health Services for information about immunization requirements for schools for the 2023-2024 school year. Please also contact the nurse for your child’s school if you have any questions or need to provide medication or other medical information for your child for the school year

The district is hosting a free Immunization Clinic with Parker County Hospital District from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday, August 4 at the Daniel Ninth Grade Campus gymnasium. This immunization clinic is for students entering grades kindergarten-12 only.

It is important that you keep your email address and phone number(s) up to date with the district so that you receive communications from the district and from your campus. The district communicates mostly via email and text message; teachers communicate with parents via the Remind app and/or email. Once schedules and teacher assignments are released, we will add class information to Remind so that you are automatically added to the correct classes for your student(s). Click here to watch an introductory video about Remind or visit this site to learn how to get started in Remind.

All student-athletes in grades 7-12 and all grade 9-12 marching band participants must have a physical completed before practices begin.

All student-athletes in grades 7-12 must also have all forms completed in Rank One before beginning practices or participation in an athletics class period. Please email completed physical forms to the following so it can be reviewed before being uploaded by one of the district’s athletic trainers:

• Troy Little: tlittle@aledoisd.org

• Natalie Evans: nevans@aledoisd.org

• Bailey Barnett, McAnally Middle School: bbarnett@aledoisd.org

• Kevin Blasczienski, Aledo Middle School: kblasczienski@aledoisd.org

Any 7-12th-grade student-athletes new to Aledo must email Troy Little (tlittle@aledoisd.org) so he can create a profile for the student-athlete in Rank One.