Denton ISD will present a turnaround plan for Cross Oaks Elementary at a public hearing during Tuesday's school board meeting, after the campus in Cross Roads, a few miles south of Aubrey, earned a second straight D from the Texas Education Agency.
The hearing is on the agenda for the board's regular meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. Oct. 13. The agenda lists the hearing and a presentation; it does not list a separate vote on the plan.
How Cross Oaks got here
TEA's 2025 ratings found eight Denton ISD elementary schools fell short of state standards, and Cross Oaks was one of four put on a one-year targeted improvement plan, the Denton Record-Chronicle reported last November. When the 2026 ratings came out in August, Cross Oaks held at an overall D while several of the other struggling campuses improved, the newspaper reported.
Providence Elementary climbed from an F to a B, for example.
Under the state's system, as the Record-Chronicle has described it, a campus with consecutive unacceptable ratings moves from a targeted plan to a multiyear turnaround plan, with a first goal of reaching an overall C. The district applied for a TEA grant meant for campuses on these plans but did not receive it, according to the paper.
What the plan covers
The presentation, to be led by area superintendent Robin Brownell, organizes the work around five levers:
- strong school leadership and planning
- strategic staffing, tied to the state's Teacher Incentive Allotment
- a positive school culture
- high-quality instructional materials
- effective instruction
The slides also list the district's "performance playbook," student outcome goals, cycles of classroom observation and feedback, alignment of curriculum and instruction, milestones, and who is responsible for each piece. The posted presentation is an outline; it does not include the campus's specific score targets.
