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Coyote-Tea, Anna, TX (2024)

06/07/2023

Communication and following their own rules and policies. My son, who was 10 and in the 4th grade at the time, was attending Harlow Elementary and had a poor lapse in judgment, mind you he was 10. My son has never been in trouble before, never been sent to the principles office, was on student council, but the one time he got into trouble, they wanted to send him to DAEP for 9 days. They had no hard evidence of said infraction he did, no camera footage and most of it was all hearsay from other kids of him doing this action. The other kids involved didn’t get the same punishment as him.
When we had a “meeting” with the principle, all she asked was if we had any new evidence to give to the issue. We throughly we were coming in to discuss what had happened and defend our child but she acted as if she already made her mind up. We had to take our son out of school for a month till things got worked out.
It seemed as if Abohosh was using this as a way to show her authority instead of following the rules in the student code of conduct.
As a result of this, our sons were requested to go to a different elementary school the next year

06/07/2023

Busing-we have been here for 2 years and both years have had significant issues at the beginning of the year and beyond. First year I was not able to get the correct info for her bus stop, bus time, or even bus number which resulted in her having to be delivered individually after they had to find out who she was! The bus driver she had for the first part of the year need more training on how to deal with problem solving and discipline. The replacement driver was great and my child loved her! This year my child does not return home until 50 minutes after school is completed wouldn't be so bad but this also was not communicated with us through the app. or anything, which left us parents and caregivers waiting at the bus stop for over an hour for the first month wondering if they had been forgotten. All information I have gotten about busing has been though my child (who is 6). I no longer do anything with the busing app because it is not helpful or useful to me.

06/06/2023

Communication is absent. “Safety” only matters when it pertains to kids they know and families they don’t care for. P**s off the Secretary one day, suddenly my sister in law isn’t on some random list to pick up my kids (after 2 years, and her being on every list I’ve ever been given…?) yet just last week they randomly just gave my son to my mother in law- I had no idea until she showed up with him as I was leaving to pick him up. The politics and cliques within Anna ISD are a gross negligence to our children.

06/06/2023

Communication! Every time I about my child at AEC, I’m just pointed to Schoology, but it is so not user friendly for parents to look at assignments, testing dates, due dates. Half the time it’s not updated. I also feel that AEC has no opportunity for parent involvement and volunteering. I have not received any opportunities anyway. Another improvement for middle and high schools: they need lockers or somewhere to store their belongings. It is so hard to have to tote around all their books, supplies, coats, lunch, etc all day long.

06/05/2023

Communication and more time/funding into current schools

Too admin heavy and favoritism. They want to control their teachers instead of trusting them to teach.

I think the facility could be improved at JKB and also we need more security at the Middle and HS.

06/05/2023

Lack of support for teachers from admin. Student behaviors have gotten out of control. Teachers are silenced when they want to bring concerns to parents. Concerns such as a student eating erasers who has chronic stomach pain, a child being hit by another student daily, students making threats, etc. When Teachers call for back up from admin to remove a student that is being disruptive, disrespectful, violent etc. A lot of the time the student is sent right back to class with no consequences. Admin does not communicate with parents over behaviors or teachers concerns till its worst case scenario. So parents don't believe admin or take them seriously. Teachers are having to spend more class time correcting behaviors than teaching. High achieving students who have no behavior issues are falling through the cracks. Their grades are being affected by students being disruptive in the classroom. As a substitute if you try to send a student to the office at the highschool campus for making threats, hitting another student, pouring water intentionally on another students computer, flipping you off and calling you a bitch etc. The student will refuse to go. There is a 50% chance an Assistant Principal will come before the class period is over. If students start to fight in class a SRO can not remove them until an assistant principal is present. On testing days assistant principals are not available. 504 accommodations are not being followed. CMC is constantly clossd. IEPs are not being followed. These are ADA violations. Teachers are so overwhelmed students are falling through the cracks. Teachers have been assaulted, substitutes have been assaulted. There is constant fighting and drug use. Due to staffing shortages students feel like they can get away with anything and everything. There are substitutes at the highschool who graduated from the highschool in 2020-2022. The young former student substitutes are watching classes of their peers. Substitutes are watching 2-3 classes at a time. Especially on Thursday and Friday due to sports games being held during the school day. Sports are prioritized over education. At AEC pre athletes constantly has a fight. One substitute was assaulted during this class. If a student goes to the coach for help they are told to deal with it themselves. There are classes without teachers. Students have complained about not having a math teacher. 2 classes at the highschool currently do not have a teacher. Students have complained about not learning anything in one of the world geography classes. They said their teacher just watches sports games and gives them an A. Students are afraid to go to the bathroom because they don't want to get jumped or be involved in the constant fights and drug use in the bathroom. District polices are not being followed due to staffing shortages. I have had an admin tell me there are not enough hours in the day to do all of the write ups. Teachers can not follow through with the policies without admin support. The highschool campus is not a closed campus. Students leave for lunch and have their friends hold the door open for them. From a security standpoint anyone could get into the school during class period changes. Substitute training does not prepare the Substitutes properly. Jay Underwood does not respond. He ask you to email in if a teacher does not gave a lesson plan or if you have any concerns, yet he will not respond. Substitutes are quitting as a result of being moved around to jobs they have rejected. Not all teachers leave a substitute folder. A lot of teachers do not leave a seating chart or any instructions at all. This puts a substitute in a position in which they are there as just crowd control.

06/04/2023

Bullying, fights, and lack of concern for safety of children.

Teachers are attacked daily. I am covered in bruised and injuries. Admin does not help or care.

06/04/2023

Staff and teachers going by the rules. Staff not taking the side of the teacher when the teacher is being uncooperative. Staff doesn’t care about abiding by 504s. At all at the high school level.

06/03/2023

7th grader constantly bullied and too afraid to speak to because staff doesn't listen. Lots of theft because no lockers and backpacks unattended. Sports players get special treatment.

06/03/2023

The middle and high school need a turnaround. The new high school principal turned the issues that recently occurred into an attack on teachers. He made punitive consequences for teachers if they didn't handle the student behavior issues as if it was their fault. Instead of making plans, and take steps to address issues, he laid blame on the teachers and accepted no responsibility. When there are no consequences for small things then negative behaviors continue to escalate. When students are not held accountable then they push and push to a point where it can't be reined in. This is where they are at now. Kids have had no consequences for things like dress code, excessive tardies, wandering the halls during class, swearing at teachers, causing disruptions in the classroom,etc. So, they escalate their behaviors and now it's reached an increasingly dangerous point. Teachers voices have gone unheard and now they are being treated as if they have done something wrong. It really is inexcusable. Another issue is the over emphasis on athletics. While athletics are essential to students and districts, they cannot be the only priority. When the focus is solely placed on the success of sports team, it is as if everything else is of little consequence.

06/02/2023

Bullying, fighting, drugs, the punishment for these acts MUST be more than a slap on the wrist. People are removing their children from the district because they do not feel the district is protecting the children. Better transition counseling for students coming from other districts or moving up from elementary middle high.

06/02/2023

Less kids in the classroom, more disciplinary action on students, reviews on teacher performance and parents made to feel like they are being heard when they have a negative opinion on how a teacher operates the classroom

06/01/2023

Communication about enrollment dates and info. We had to find out on Facebook.

06/01/2023

The bullying by students and teachers needs to be handled. When a student is physically assaulted all paperwork needs to be completed and sent to the attorney not only some of it.

05/31/2023

Backing teachers, making everyone feel safe. The drop off and pick up at Rosamond needs work! They finally have students helping in the morning and it is so much better.

05/31/2023

Most teachers really care and want what is best for students. They either have their hands tied, lack of clear guidance, or lack of developmentally appropriate/best practice strategies to work with students outside the “mold”. Teachers work insane hours and spend a lot of personal time and money to provide for students

05/30/2023

AISD needs to provide substitute training to better equip substitutes. Currently they just provide a few hours of orientation.

05/30/2023

Anna has great gifted and talented resources for our kids. Challenging those kids, like ours, who want to learn something beyond whats taught in a typical classroom.

05/29/2023

The bullying. The va**ng in bathrooms. The smoking w**d in bathroom. The multiple fights. The teachers not teaching /lack of teachers.

05/29/2023

SPED team and diagnostic process was wonderful. I feel my kids are being taken care of and I feel listened to and respected. They work with me as a TEAM

05/28/2023

The bullying and outright harassment from some kids to others goes completely unchecked and unaddressed. I've had success with addressing bullying concerns with one individual teacher, but dont feel like the district cares nor takes any action to stop it. My 6th grader is picked on and harassed and bullied almost daily by the same kids. And nothing happens even when he speaks up. It's not just "ornery boys". Kids aren't even made to keep their hands to themselves. The fear of retribution is too high.
Things that result in enrichment and well rounded students constantly get cut for sports. There is no building up of arts programs.
The recent decisions by the school district have been horrible. The 4 day week is completely a bad idea with not a single shred of statistically positive research to back up the decision in a district the size of Anna. The financial savings are minuscule. Lengthening the school day sets up kids to fail, especially those with any type of special need. It decreases services to the most vulnerable children that they are legally entitled to. Taking away an elective for middle school is horrible. If the school day is longer then they have time for two electives. So little effort goes into that ridiculous life skills class. I'd rather my kid be able to take both electives he is interested in. While we have lived here for over 5 years now, one of the main reasons we are considering moving is the school district.

05/28/2023

They do a good job with drills and safety protocols and measures. Most of the staff and students are respectful and are striving to do what is right.

05/27/2023

I don’t like that coaches are required to be teachers. My son told me that his history teacher told his class that he pretty much hates being there. And in my experience in school, my husband’s and children’s and pretty much every one I know, if we/they had a coach that was also their teacher, their learning suffered in some way. Usually the teacher isn’t interested in the subject and really doesn’t enjoy teaching children. As a mom, I really would rather the coaches get to just coach sports and have the school hire teachers who actually want to teach children. I don’t know if the school board or the district has any say in this or if it is a state or federal mandate. But that would be something that I would change.

05/27/2023

Rosamond seems to be over filled already however when I visit the school everything seems to run smooth

05/26/2023

Definitely can improve on the bullying. My 2nd grader came home this past week saying the principal got in his face and was yelling and they told him I would be getting an email but I never did. I know my kid is no saint but if he does something wrong I’d like to know so I can correct it.

05/26/2023

They do have great efforts with offering Councelors when needed and testing for dyslexia and helping the kiddos in that aspect.

05/25/2023

I do think ISS has gotten out of control. They use it for everything. I think positive reinforcement is the only thing I don’t see as much of as I would like too.

05/25/2023

We have always had good to great teachers. And I would say 95% of the teachers consistently have open communication. I really have no complaints and have had 3 kids in ANNA ISD from kindergarten on.

05/24/2023

Student safety. Last year, a student was threatened to be shot at school, the police notified the parents of the threat and gathered information. This was handled extremely poorly. There were no consequences for the student who made the threat. No charges were filed and the student was not held accountable.
Several classes have student who are so disruptive every day and the teachers can not keep these kids in line.
A student was sexually assaulted in class and when the parents made an outcry, they tried to punish the victim by switching his seat or class and removing him instead of the aggressor. The kids hardly have teachers, alot of the days they have subs and in one class they don't even have a qualified teacher for them.
They refuse kids to go to the bathrooms in emergencies, lock all the bathroom doors except one set. They should have staff monitoring the bathrooms not closing them off. We have zero faith in their ability to keep our kids safe or properly educated. AISD has failed.

05/24/2023

My opinion all administration needs to be replaced. Starting with the superintendent.

We need our principals held more accountable. They don’t follow the Code of Conduct. The first month of school needs to be like boot camp. The high school is a freak show. Girls giving lap dances at lunch to each other. My sons have had to leave and eat in the library because it’s so out of control. Dress code needs to be enforced from pre-k up.