Accusations of “inappropriate behavior” involving a Head Start employee with a student is forcing authorities to investigate the matter, according to a letter sent to parents Sunday. Cynthia Vasquez, Uhland Elementary principal, said school officials received a report late Friday of possible miscond...

Clutched tightly in the hand of longtime Central Texan Buster Dale Saturday was a more than 70-year-old photo that spoke beyond its borders. Buster Dale Saturday displays a more than 70-year-old photo circa early 1940s, showing Dale with friends and relatives in a grade school photo at the long gone...

A relatively empty office space doesn’t keep Uhland Elementary Principal Cynthia Vasquez from dreaming big. Furniture for the brand new campus is still a few weeks away, but for now, a simple table and a few chairs are all she needs to begin planning for the school’s first year of operation. Numbers...

The unanimous approval of a Turnaround Plan for Hemphill Elementary, a school designated as “Improvement Required” (IR) by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), marks the second year of the designation for the campus. Cynthia Vasquez, principal of Hemphill Elementary, began at the school at the beginnin...

Reassigning campus leadership allowed Hays CISD Monday to name its first principal to lead Uhland Elementary. Cynthia Vasquez, who is the current principal at Hemphill Elementary, was approved to helm the district’s new elementary campus by a 7-0 Board of Trustees vote. According to a district press...

Approval of a new stipend system Tuesday could aid Hays CISD leaders in attracting needed instructors to help turnaround the academically struggling Hemphill Elementary. The Turnaround Campus Stipend Structure, approved by a 7-0 vote, would provide a $5,000 stipend for the principal at Hemphill, wit...