ANNA PUBLIC EDUCATION
Historical marker, 1997.
PUBLIC EDUCATION IN ANNA
THE EARLIEST CITIZENS OF ANNA WERE DETERMINED
THAT THEIR CHILDREN SHOULD HAVE THE BEST EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES POSSIBLE. FOUNDED IN 1883 WITH A POPULATION
OF TWENTY, ANNA WAS NAMED FOR THE DAUGHTER OF A
HOUSTON & TEXAS CENTRAL RAILROAD OFFICIAL. IN 1885, THE
TOWN SOUGHT AND WAS GRANTED COLLIN COUNTY SCHOOL
DISTRICT NUMBER 23. FORMER TEACHER AND FUTURE MAYOR
J. L. GREER DEEDED A 2.5 ACRE TRACT OF LAND ON THIS SITE
FOR $125. A SMALL FRAME BUILDING SERVED AS A SCHOOL
UNTIL 1909, WHEN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT BECAME ONE OF
VERY FEW INCORPORATED SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN COLLIN
COUNTY. IN KEEPING WITH THEIR NEW STATUS, THE CITIZENS
ERECTED A MORE VISIONARY THREE STORY EDIFICE.
THE YOUNGER STUDENTS WERE TAUGHT IN SMALL WOODEN
BUILDINGS BY 1939. SINCE ENROLLMENT HAD REACHED 350,
A NEW BUILDING, W. L. ROPER HIGH SCHOOL, WAS OPENED
IN HONOR OF A LONGTIME EDUCATOR WHO SERVED THE
SCHOOLS FROM EARLY IN THE CENTURY UNTIL 1943 AS
PRINCIPAL AND SUPERINTENDENT. HIS DEVOTION INSPIRED
TWO FORMER STUDENTS, WHO FOLLOWED IN HIS FOOTSTEPS. A
NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WENT UP IN 1974; A NEW HIGH
SCHOOL WAS BUILT IN 1987 AND INCLUDES A CAFETORIUM,
LIBRARY, OFFICES, AND A GYMNASIUM. THE COMMUNITY
AND ITS EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM CONTINUE TO GROW.
ANNA
School Index
- Recommended citation:
- "Anna - Collin County Schools,"
Collin County, Texas History and Genealogy Webpage by Genealogy Friends of
Plano Libraries, Inc., <http://www.geocities/genfriendsghl>
[Accessed Fri February 13 13:37:28 US/Central 2004 ].
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