The Dripping Springs ISD superintendent and board members, along with the Sycamore Springs Middle School principal, cheerleaders and tiger mascots, break ground on the SSMS expansion project on Friday, Feb. 16. The new expansion will increase student capacity from 850 to 1,200 and is expected to ope...

Charles and Nancy Handrick, and immediate past president Justin Krause, of the Buda Lions Club visited Historic Buda Elementary on Thursday, Feb. 15, to present administrators from Hays CISD’s three comprehensive high schools with funds from football game concession sales. Altogether, the Buda Lions...

BUDA — The Jack C. Hays High School MCJROTC recently became the 2024 Marine Corps National Sporter Three-Position Air Rifle Champions for the first time in the program's 29-year history. The tournament took place in Sandy, Utah, on Feb. 8-10. In addition to winning the MCJROTC Team Championship, tea...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Five Dripping Springs High School choir students qualified for the Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest after competing at the UIL Region 18 Solo and Ensemble competition on Saturday, Feb. 3, at Hays High School in Buda. Ava Azua, Anika Chalak, Amelie Lawrence, Preston LeBas and...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Five Dripping Springs High School student-athletes signed National Letters of Intent on Wednesday, Feb. 7 to continue their athletic and academic careers at the collegiate level. Below is information on each of the signees. Maddox Bloomgren, Football, Youngstown State University ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — The University Interscholastic League (UIL) announced district alignments for football, volleyball and basketball for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years on Thursday, Feb. 1. With a growing enrollment of 2,484 students, Dripping Springs High School will remain a Conference 6A sc...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Dripping Springs ISD will hold a groundbreaking ceremony for the Sycamore Springs Middle School (SSMS) expansion project at noon on Friday, Feb. 16. The ceremony will include a brief program and groundbreaking held near the SSMS courtyard with comments from superintendent Dr. Hol...

KYLE — High school students in Hays CISD will soon have an opportunity to mentor younger students through a new program in the Career & Technical Education Department that is scheduled to roll out next year. Partners and Leaders in Service (PALS) will focus on community service and mentorship; high ...

BUDA — Following closed session, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved several hirings at its regular meeting on Monday, Jan. 22. Current Pfluger Elementary School Principal Elizabeth Lara was selected to become the first principal for Jim Cullen Elementary School, which will open in ...