Elementary spring concert will be held at 7PM on Monday, May 21st in the school auditorium. Please make plans to attend, it will only last about 30 minutes! Your student has been working extra hard to impress you.

There will be a PTO meeting Monday, May 21st 2012 immediately following the Elementary spring concert program.

There will also be a short Title One Parent Involvement meeting at 7:30PM May 21st 2012.

To all elementary parents:

A parent survey was recently sent to you on bright green paper in your child's progress report on May 8th. This survey is a data tool we use to plan for changes and improvements. If you have not already done so, please return the parent survey to the elementary office before school ends on May 31st. We want to hear from you!

Congratulations to Katherine Goode and Kenzie Taff for qualifying for State Academic UIL!! Katherine advanced in Prose Interpretation and is coached by Debbie Mitchell. Kenzie advanced in Ready Writing and is coached by Rhonda Atchley. These young ladies will travel to Austin on May 20 and compete on May 21 and 22. Please congratulate them and wish them well as they represent Cross Plains in Austin!

2010-2011 NCLB Report Cards for the district and its campuses are now available on this website. Please check the Required Postings page for links to the individual reports.

High School will be implementing an after-school detention hall. Please read the official posting on the High School Home Page.

 As the new school year approaches, the administration of Cross Plains ISD would like to share information with the public about the procedures for dropping off and picking up students when school starts on August 23.

 In an effort to provide a safer environment for all students and staff, the drop-off points and procedures are as follows:

• If you bring your student to school, the only area for dropping them off is in front of the school on Main Street.
• Upon arrival to school, elementary students will go to the cafeteria and high school students will go to the area between the office and library.
• The parking lot behind the cafeteria/auditorium area will become a one-way traffic area for busses.
• All vehicular traffic is to enter behind the auditorium (north end of the complex) and will exit between the Ag barn and gym.
• ALL traffic will move from north to south only.

 The administration of Cross Plains ISD appreciates your acceptance and support of these procedures as we believe it will help to create a safer environment for all students.

The bus routes for Cross Plains ISD have been changed for the 2011-2012 school year. There is no 'in-town' route this year. Students who live within the city limits of Cross Plains will have 2 places available to be picked up: Super S/Lowes grocery store or the American Legion Hall. The bus will arrive between 7:25-7:35 am for morning pick-up and transportation to school. In the afternoon, in-town students will be dropped off at the same location between 4:25 pm and 4:40 pm. Students will need to be at their location by 7:25 am in order to be transported to school. Parents will need to be at the location in the afternoon between 4:25-4:40 pm to pick their student up. These stops are offered as a courtesy for students who live in town. All other routes will run the same as last year. Thank you in advance for your cooperation with the new routes.

Cross Plains ISD received its accountability rating from the Texas Education Agency last week. The result was a Recognized status for the District. In addition, both Cross Plains Secondary School and Cross Plains Elementary achieved Recognized status. In a year when most school districts scores declined, both the Cross Plains Secondary and the Elementary actually increased their performance.

Congratulations teachers and students for a job well done! Below are the scores in each subject area for the District:

Cross Plains ISD

School Districts must have all scores at 80% or above in order to be rated Recognized.

Cross Plains ISD is seeking information from private non-profit school representatives regarding the district's participation in the Title I Part A federal grant program. Input is sought from representatives of private non-profit schools that have students from Cross Plains ISD and would be interested in participating in the Title I, Part A program. Contact Margie Sowell, Cross Plains Elementary Principal, at 254-725-6123 for more information.

NCLB Report Cards for the district and its campuses are now available on this website. Please check the Required Postings page for links to the individual reports.

The No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB) requires that all core subject area teachers meet highly qualified (HQ) teacher requirements. Each district is required to publicly report the percentage of teachers meeting this status. Cross Plains ISD reports that, for the 2010-2011 school year, 100% of the core academic teachers in the district meet this federal requirement. Cross Plains ISD also reports that 100% of the district's instructional aides meet the HQ requirements. Cross Plains ISD has a commitment to recruit, hire and retain highly qualified teachers for every classroom in the district. For those teachers who do not meet the "highly qualified" status when hired, the district will work with the teacher and the certification entity in order to reach 100% HQ status. For more detailed information regarding the federal highly qualified teacher requirements, you may go to the internet at: http://www.tea.state.tx.us/nclb/hqteachers.html, or contact the school office at 254-725-6121. The TEA Highly Qualified Summary Report can also be found under the Required Postings section of the Document Manager on our district website.

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