Anna High School closes after phoned bomb threat, police sweep campus

Anna Independent School District canceled all classes at Anna High School after district leaders received a phoned-in bomb threat early Wednesday, prompting law enforcement to evacuate everyone who had already arrived and begin a comprehensive sweep of the building. The district announced the closure on its social-media channels while local officers searched the campus.

Dallas Morning News reported district leaders received notice of the threat at 8:20 a.m., about 30 minutes before classes were scheduled to begin; according to that report, everyone on campus was evacuated while police searched and district officials redirected buses to another location. That 8:20 a.m. timeline provides a concrete anchor for the sequence of events, though several outlets described the call more generally as arriving early that morning.

Anna ISD’s social post, summarized by WFAA and KXII, said officials were “actively working with law enforcement to conduct a sweep of the building” and that the high school “will not be in session today,” while the rest of Anna ISD campuses continued normal operations. KXII noted the district acted “out of an abundance of caution” when it canceled only the high school for the day.

Authorities have not released specifics about the content of the call or any suspects, and it remained unclear when Anna High School would resume normal activities, multiple outlets reported. Yahoo, WFAA and AOL all said local law enforcement responded and were conducting a comprehensive sweep, but none of those reports confirmed whether the campus was ultimately cleared or whether a phone trace or other investigative leads had produced suspects.

The Anna incident occurred amid a wave of similar disruptions across North Texas the same morning. Yahoo reported Boerne High School was evacuated before students arrived and that an FBI bomb technician and the San Antonio Police Department Bomb Unit inspected all buildings; Boerne police told Yahoo the site was cleared by 8:45 a.m. with “no credible threat identified.” Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISD said Steele High School received a voicemail bomb threat the same morning and canceled classes so law enforcement could conduct a “thorough sweep,” with students en route redirected to Samuel Clemens High School for pickup, a statement carried by KSAT and quoted by Yahoo. Dallas Morning News also noted Coppell High School closed that day and placed the incidents in a broader context of a rash of threats in recent weeks that had shut dozens of North Texas campuses.

Anna ISD and local law enforcement had not provided further public updates at the time of those reports. The district’s social post and the media accounts KXII and WFAA carried emphasize ongoing coordination with police; parents and staff in Anna are waiting for confirmation on whether the building was cleared and when the high school will reopen.