Anna ISD trustees vote Monday on an improvement plan for Joe K. Bryant Elementary after its F rating

The Nov. 16 agenda also includes security upgrades at Anna High, new bus routing software and renewal of the district's exception to the state's armed-officer requirement. Bryant fell from a C to an F in this year's state ratings.

The Anna ISD school board is scheduled to vote Monday, Nov. 16, on a Targeted Improvement Plan for Joe K. Bryant Elementary, the district's only campus to receive an F in the Texas Education Agency's 2026 accountability ratings.

How Bryant's ratings have moved

TEA's multi-year ratings spreadsheet shows Bryant with an overall score of 52 this year, an F, down from a C (71) in 2025. The school earned a D (68) in 2024 and a B (85) in 2023.

This year the campus was rated F in each of the main measures the state uses: 54 in student achievement and 52 in school progress. TEA's file lists 557 students at Bryant in 2026, compared with 856 the year before.

Anna ISD as a whole earned a C, with a score of 74. Among its other rated campuses, Anna High School received a B (84), Anna Academic Achievement Center an A (90), Rosamond-Sherley, Lorenzo Dow Hendricks and Judith L. Harlow elementaries and Clemons Creek Middle School C ratings, and Sue Evelyn Rattan Elementary and Slayter Creek Middle School D ratings.

The posted agenda lists the Bryant plan as an action item but does not include the plan itself.

Security and buses also on the agenda

Trustees are also set to consider:

Buying campus security upgrades for Anna High School
Buying transportation routing and student rider software
A consent item renewing the district's good cause exception to the armed security officer requirements of House Bill 121
A pre-K through fourth grade class-size stipend schedule and a budget amendment

The meeting opens with a public hearing on the district's annual Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) report, which grades a district's financial management. Administrators will also give updates on the bilingual education program, teaching and learning, student services and construction, and a new Anna ISD peace officer is to be sworn in.

Closed-session items include a possible real estate purchase and deliberations on security devices, audits and system upgrades.

The regular meeting starts at 5:30 p.m. in the board room at 151 W. Rosamond Parkway. The board's Safety and Security Committee meets at 4:30 p.m. the same day in the Coyote Room.

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