Board Goals
SAFETY
Anna ISD will:
- Provide a positive and safe environment for ALL students and staff.
- Improve and retain the strength of the Defender Program at each campus.
- Continue to meet all students' social-emotional experiences and needs by having an intervention professional at every campus.
- Strive to meet all students’ behavior needs by adding a behavior coach to assist in well-managed behavior support to one elementary campus per year, with all campuses being served by June 2029. Thereafter, each new campus built will have a behavior coach included in staffing.
- Boys Town trained behavior teacher added to RISE (Responsive Instruction for Success in Education) on each elementary campus by June 2025.
- Add licensed peace officers per 1,000 students.
ACCOUNTABILITY
Anna ISD will:
- Uphold or improve accountability ratings at each campus and for the district overall.
- Increase, each year, the percentage of 3rd-grade students who “meets grade level” or above on STAAR Reading by reaching 60% by 2029.
- Increase, each year, the percentage of 3rd-grade students who “meets grade level” or above on STAAR Math by reaching 60% by 2029.
- Increase, each year, the percentage of College, Career & Military Ready (CCMR) graduates that meet the achievement criteria, reaching 80% by 2029.
COYOTE CULTURE
Anna ISD will:
- Provide a positive and safe environment for ALL students and staff.
- Preserve traditions while enhancing the overall culture of the district.
- Promote an increase in student participation in all offered extracurricular programs.
- Establish a “Walls of Honor” in the new administration building for exceptional student or team achievement in extracurricular programs.
- Recruit, employ, develop, and retain quality teaching staff and reduce teacher turnover at or below 17.6% by August 2025.
COMMUNITY
Anna ISD will:
- Champion a supportive relationship with the community dedicated to achieving our district goals and utilizing effective communication.
- Enhance and continue working with the City of Anna and all community leaders.
- Actively engage and involve parents by establishing baseline participation goals through activities such as “Coyote Crossing,” PTA/Booster Club memberships, and event attendance.
- Increase opportunities to develop positive and effective two-way communication between families and schools to support student’s academic achievement. Examples: Parent/Teacher conferences, Math/Reading Night, Gifted and Talented Advisory, AP/Dual Credit Night, and College Readiness Night.