Staff Report
DRIPPING SPRINGS — Cassidy Bloys and Austin McCauley were recognized as the 2025-26 District Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year, respectively, during the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees meeting Monday, April 27.
Bloys joined Cypress Springs Elementary School in fall 2021 and is in her third year as a structured learning classroom (SLC) teacher. McCauley is in his sixth year at Dripping Springs High School, where he teaches engineering and coaches the BEST Robotics program.
In March, Bloys and McCauley were among nine educators named DSISD Campus Teachers of the Year. Other campus winners were:
Maria Mur, Dripping Springs Elementary School
Chelsea Cox, Rooster Springs Elementary School
Meredith Gomez, Sycamore Springs Elementary School
Skyelar Hale, Walnut Springs Elementary School
Leighanne Schlicke, Wildwood Springs Elementary School
Amanda Mays, Dripping Springs Middle School
Heidi Michal, Sycamore Springs Middle School
Selected by a committee of district educators and staff, Bloys and McCauley will now represent DSISD in the Region 13 Teacher of the Year selection process this summer.
