By Moses Leos III Placing learning “on display” could be in store for Hays CISD’s proposed third high school as administrators viewed the schematic design for the first time Monday. The district’s proposed high school, which could be placed into the district’s May 2017 bond initiative, has a project...

By Moses Leos III Emotions hit a high point Monday as the Hays CISD school board of trustees for the first time discussed the final site for the district’s proposed third high school. The board viewed a presentation by Public Information Officer Tim Savoy on the district’s site selection committee’s...

Submitted Report   Portable buildings are being purchased to handle Hays CISD’s exploding  student population. Trustees voted to purchase a two-classroom portable building for Tobias Elementary School, which has hit its capacity. The overall HCISD population hit 18,619 students Monday, up from 18,55...

By Paige Lambert The Dripping Springs school board is in the lengthy process of researching and assessing how adopting a freeport exemption could impact the city’s future. Hays CISD superintendent Mike McKie and Deputy Superintendent Carter Scherff met with the Greater San Marcos Partnership (GSMP) ...

By Paige Lambert Growth and innovation are constantly part of residents’ lives in Central Texas. Businesses are popping up along the Interstate 35 corridor, people are steadily moving to the area and school districts are growing faster than ever. The Hays CISD School Board addressed many of these is...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Changes in Hays CISD administration, stemming from recent resignations, retirements and promotions, have the district’s top level looking a little different. Hays CISD spokesperson Tim Savoy explained the changes in a written statement.  “The two executive director positions over s...

By Andy Sevilla Despite some administration resistance, school board members seem poised to adjust counselor pay next month after the employees complained of inequity in pay. Hays CISD counselors were restructured into the administrative professional pay schedule this school year, per Texas Associat...

By Andy Sevilla Within thirty days of surpassing 22 students in any class with one teacher, school boards are to request classroom waivers, per state rules.  Three weeks into the school year and with 18 classes across four campuses over the state recommended student-teacher ratios, Hays CISD board m...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Terse words and tension at the 11th hour at last Thursday’s Hays CISD school board meeting put the passage of the 2014-2015 budget in peril, at least momentarily. In the end, it passed 4-3, but not without a bit of late night drama. Just before Thursday’s vote, three board members ...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton Do you make lower grade class sizes smaller or keep the budget deficit at a little more than half a million dollars? That’s the conundrum the Hays CISD Board of Trustees is facing. At the end of the budget sessions, as the trustees worked through what they expected in the 2014...