The Weatherford Ledger Wednesday, September 16, 2026

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Weatherford ISD Board of Trustees, May 11, 2026: 5 items; name Belinda Fincher as Principal of Ikard Elementary

Regular session; 0 consent items, 5 other items, 1 closed-session topic; 6 recorded votes, all unanimous. Written from the minutes.

Superintendent's report and information items: The Board reviewed the Curtis Elementary School campus report; financial reports for the month ending March 31, 2026; and a budget work session.

Jeff Ford moved to name Belinda Fincher as Principal of Ikard Elementary; Adam Feriend seconded (7-0).

Kindra Lucia moved to name Patricia Melendez as Chief Financial Officer; Wally Wallace seconded.

Jeff Ford moved to approve the addendum to the Superintendent's contract as presented; Adam Feriend seconded.

Adam Feriend moved to approve the Application for Optional Flexible School Day Program for 2026-2027 as presented; Dan Woods seconded (7-0).

Jeff Ford moved to accept the quote from On Track Equipment for purchase of a backhoe using the TERP Grant Funds; Wally Wallace seconded (7-0).

1 person addressed the board at open forum; the Ledger counts speakers at open forum and does not name them.

Closed session topics, as recorded: Personnel.

Compiled from the district's minutes (a scanned document read by OCR) by the Ledger's extractor, in the minutes' own wording; OCR text can carry errors, and the linked minutes are the record.

Sources: Weatherford ISD: board minutes, May 11, 2026 (BoardBook); Agenda for this meeting (BoardBook)

Filed under Weatherford ISD Board of Trustees · Topics: Weatherford ISD budget, bonds and tax rate; Adam Feriend; Wally Wallace; Jeff Ford; Dan Woods; Kindra Lucia

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