Tuesday, October 20, 2026

Tuesday: Sunny, with a high near 77. Southeast wind 0 to 5 mph.

Tuesday Night: Clear, with a low around 54. East southeast wind 0 to 5 mph. No watches, warnings or advisories were active on the NWS alerts feed for the courthouse point, updated at 5:21 a.m. CDT.

Source: National Weather Service forecast for the courthouse point (gridpoint FWD 52,104), generated 5:16 a.m. CDT Oct. 20; NWS active-alerts feed for 32.7593 N, 97.7972 W; read Oct. 20

Budget Amendment #1: Weatherford ISD lowers expected state revenue by $3,189,327, to $33,837,657, and adds $154,725 in spending, leaving the 2026-27 general fund about $2.95 million short

The summary, prepared by Chief Financial Officer Patricia Melendez and Director of Finance Bethany Cichonsky and revised Oct. 13, raises local revenue by $369,834 and federal revenue by $22,615, so total revenue falls $2,796,878, to $98,202,584. On the spending side the largest changes are $80,000 for facilities acquisition, $48,086 for general administration, $46,639 for transportation and $39,984 for curriculum and staff development, offset by $63,059 less for instruction; total budgeted spending rises to $101,150,978. The memo does not explain the state revenue change. It notes a district "must amend the official budget before exceeding a functional expenditure category," and the amendment was a consent item at Monday's meeting; BoardBook had not posted the outcome as of Tuesday morning.

The district's tax collection report through Aug. 31 shows $75,782,067 collected on an adjusted 2025 levy of $76,929,845 by the appraisal district's figures, about 98.5%; the district budgets on a 98.5% collection rate.

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Source: Weatherford ISD, Budget Amendment #1 agenda item and 2026-2027 Budget Amendment #1 summary, and Tax Collection Report year to date Aug. 31, 2026, BoardBook packet for Oct. 19, 2026, read Oct. 20

Revenue from outside sources reached $4,950,298.62 in 2025-26, up $511,803 from the year before, with interest earnings of $2,423,885.71 the biggest piece

The annual report counts money beyond local taxes, state aid and federal funds. Interest rose $201,224 from 2024-25. Miscellaneous revenue, which the report says includes scrap metal, rebates, GovDeals sales, technology fees and prior-year refunds, rose to $442,008 from $144,070. Community education (tuition, driver's ed, Kids Unite and summer camp) brought in $844,501, the Parker County deaf-education co-op $736,783, signage at Roo Stadium and a Coca-Cola sponsorship $117,500, non-athletic facility rentals $116,837, and the high school parking lot $15,525. Career and technical education services sold to other districts fell to $12,000 from $55,092. The item was for information only.

Source: Weatherford ISD, Funding from Outside Sources 2025-2026 agenda item, detail and variance reports, BoardBook packet for Oct. 19, 2026, read Oct. 20

Tison Middle School, Crockett Elementary and Ikard Elementary must file Targeted Improvement Plans with the Texas Education Agency, and the district wrote its own plans for Seguin Elementary and Hall Middle School

The improvement-plan memo says the three campuses' plans are required under state accountability and school-improvement rules and go to TEA after board approval; the local plans for Seguin and Hall add district monitoring. A separate item proposes the district's first House Bill 3 goals since its last set, adopted in December 2020, expired in June 2025: five-year targets for early literacy, early math and college, career and military readiness from 2026-27 through 2030-31, with 2025-26 as the baseline. The memo says 2026-27 will be the last full year of STAAR before the state's Student Success Tool begins in 2027-28, so the goals may be revisited. The board was also asked to approve a state ESL waiver for one Ikard Elementary teacher who serves emergent bilingual students and does not yet hold ESL certification.

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Source: Weatherford ISD agenda items on 2026-2027 District, Campus and School Improvement Plans, House Bill 3 Board Goals and the ESL waiver application, BoardBook packet for Oct. 19, 2026, read Oct. 20

New state sales-tax permits at storefront addresses: Big Brand Tire & Service at 1315 N. Main St., Hot Yoga Rodeo at 1115 Fort Worth Hwy. and Jennz at 300 S. Main St., Suite 106

Per the Texas Comptroller's active-permit file, Big Brand Tire & Service #4024's permit was issued Oct. 9 with a first-sales date of Sept. 28; Hot Yoga Rodeo LLC's was issued Oct. 14, with first sales listed for Nov. 1; and Jennz's was issued Oct. 9. The file shows 41 permits issued Oct. 1 to 17 for outlets with a Weatherford address. Permits listed at residential addresses are not printed.

Source: Texas Comptroller, Active Sales Tax Permit Holders (data.texas.gov), outlet city Weatherford, issued since Oct. 1, read Oct. 20

Unchanged since Monday: Granicus still has video but no minutes for the Oct. 13 City Council and Oct. 14 Planning & Zoning meetings, and no agenda yet for the Oct. 27 council; the 5-2 Kangaroos still play at Aledo Friday at 7; the city's and county's news feeds carried no items

Burn ban: still on, unchanged since Sunday. The Forest Service restamped its list 10/19/2026 8:26:19 AM with the same 149 counties.

Source: City of Weatherford Granicus, news flash and alert center RSS; Parker County news flash RSS; MaxPreps Weatherford football schedule; Texas A&M Forest Service burn-ban county list; all read Oct. 20

8 to 10 a.m.: Badges & Brews, coffee with county law officers, Major Perk Coffee, 177 Center Point Road; 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Young Professionals Networking, JRJ Construction, 1140 SW Ric Williamson Memorial Hwy. (date passed)

What you can do. The networking lunch is $25 for chamber members, $35 for others.

Source: Parker County Chamber of Commerce event listings

10:30 a.m.: Weatherford College Phi Theta Kappa leadership summit, Emerging Technologies and Workforce Building, 225 College Park Dr., with a speaker from American Mensa; 5:30 p.m.: Parks & Recreation Advisory Board; 7 p.m.: Jack-O-Lantern Nights, Chandor Gardens, 711 W. Lee Avenue, through Oct. 24

What you can do. The summit is free. The parks board's agenda says Mount Pleasant, 213 Raymond George Way; the city calendar says 303 Palo Pinto Street.

Source: Parker County Chamber of Commerce; City of Weatherford agenda and calendar, read Oct. 20

Noon to 3 p.m.: Trunk or Treat, 403 Hickory Ln.

Source: City of Weatherford calendar, read Oct. 20

Noon to 3 p.m.: chamber Battle of the Businesses bowling tournament, Film Alley, 825 I-20 Frontage Road; 6 p.m.: City Council, 303 Palo Pinto Street

What you can do. Teams of six are $500, per the chamber listing.

Source: Parker County Chamber of Commerce; City of Weatherford calendar, read Oct. 20

7 p.m.: Weatherford College's fall musical, Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812, Alkek Fine Arts Center, 225 College Park Dr.; also Oct. 30 and 31 at 7 p.m. and Nov. 1 at 2 p.m.

What you can do. Admission is free, per the listing.

Source: Parker County Chamber of Commerce event listing, read Oct. 20

Weatherford ISD's Oct. 19 agenda and packet

The budget amendment, outside-revenue report, tax collections and improvement plans.

Burn ban: Parker County's status by day

The Texas A&M Forest Service list as the Ledger has read it.