SAN MARCOS -- The San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Greater San Marcos Partnership, announced that the annual State of Workforce & Education Summit is set to take place on Thursday, Sept. 26, at the San Marcos Conference Center at Embassy Suites. This year’s summit will delve i...

HAYS COUNTY -- Following threats that have been circulating across social media regarding school shootings, Hays CISD sent the following email to parents, students and staff on Thursday, Sept. 12. Dear Hays CISD Family, I have some additional information I can share about the social media school sho...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — A 2021 Dripping Springs High School graduate, who has been in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years, was recognized for his commendable achievements during a ceremony at Camp Wilson, California, on Aug. 11. Cpl. Cullen Potter of Dripping Springs is an Anti-Tank Missileman and Sect...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — In order to reduce recapture, now known as excess local revenue, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved an agreement for the purchase of attendance credits at its Aug. 26 meeting. Recapture — the process in which school districts send some of their local p...

KYLE — The Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved the 2024 tax rate at its Aug. 26 meeting. Agenda documents state that the tax rate would be $1.1546 per $100 valuation for the 2025 fiscal year. The following lists the breakdown of the total: • $0.6669 maintenance and operations • $0.4877 for the prin...

HAYS COUNTY — Hays County schools are some of 100 across the state of Texas that dedicated their first football game of the season as the Peanut Butter Bowl to support fellow members of the community. The Peanut Butter Bowl was started in 2016 in San Antonio with one game between two high schools in...

DRIPPING SPRINGS   — Apogee Dripping Springs Micro High School (ADS), an alternative high school option, celebrated its official ribbon cutting ceremony in collaboration with the Dripping Springs Chamber of Commerce on Aug. 15. This event marked the launch of a unique educational experience that ble...

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SAN MARCOS — On Aug. 7, the San Marcos Academy celebrated the beginning of its 117th school year. Of the 334 students that started school on Wednesday, 90 of them were new to the campus. San Marcos Academy has a diverse population of students from around the world, across the United States and all o...