By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS – Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD) welcomes two new faces to the administration team. Jennifer Edwards DSISD Board of Trustees approved hiring Catherine Knepp as the Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations and Jennifer Edwards as the Executive Director of Co...

By Megan Wehring HAYS COUNTY — School districts in Hays County are in dire need of more bus drivers. The nationwide bus driver shortage has now reached Hays CISD (HCISD) and Dripping Springs ISD (DSISD). HCISD has 30 driver positions open and DSISD has 12 that they are hoping to fill. “Being short o...

With the passage of Dripping Springs ISD’s $132 million bond, the school district is looking to get the ball rolling with improvement projects in the near future. The bond, which was initially approved May 5 by a slim 31-vote margin, survived a recent recount which upheld the initial result. Now, ov...

A recount in Dripping Springs ISD's (DSISD) $132 million bond referendum showed its initial approval will stand, according to results released earlier this week. DSISD's bond was initially approved in a slim 31 vote margin at the May 5 election, indicating a community heavily split on the bond’s int...

Hays CISD officials are currently exploring a designation that could potentially give the district more flexibility when it comes to certain state mandates. While discussion on becoming a District of Innovation (DOI) is in its infancy, Hays CISD aims to become the second Hays County district to earn...

A dispute over a Dripping Springs ISD bathroom accommodation allowing a transgender male student at Walnut Springs Elementary to use female facilities continued during public forum at Monday’s board of trustees meeting.  Although the item was not up for discussion on the agenda, various members of t...