Staff Report HAYS COUNTY – Hays High School will have a new principal beginning in the 2022-2023 school year.   Kristina Salazar During the Hays CISD Board of Trustees meeting on May 23, the trustees approved the hiring decision of Kristina Salazar as the new principal for Hays HS.   Salazar replace...

Staff Report The Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved two new district personnel during the board meeting on April 18.   HCISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright announced that David Pierce, current Hays High School principal, has been promoted to one of the district’s deputy academic officer positions....

This story was updated on Wednesday, April 28.  By Megan Wehring  HAYS CISD — When Hays CISD announced a new attendance policy over the weekend, some students and parents shared their disagreement at the Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday. Hays CISD implemented a new policy that at least 68.4% of stu...

On March 26, representatives from the Buda Lions Club visited Hays CISD's Central Office to present a combined $7,143 in proceeds from football concession stand sales to all three comprehensive Hays CISD high schools. Each year, the Buda Lions Club helps to operate concession stands at all Hays CISD...

By Megan  Wehring HAYS CISD -- For those students who have fallen behind due to pandemic stresses, Hays CISD is offering credit recovery early into the spring semester to allow them more time to get back on track.  In an effort to ensure that high school students are prepared to graduate, the distri...

Hays High School will pay special tribute to its first graduating class at Friday’s homecoming game on Oct. 11. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the graduation of the Class of 1969, the “Original Rebels.” “We are honored to celebrate this milestone with our original graduates,” said Hays High...

By hitting the pocketbooks of secondary school students and parents, Hays CISD leaders Monday approved a policy change they believe could curb cell phone distractions in the classroom. The change, approved by a 5-2 vote from the HCISD Board of Trustees, would require a $10 fee to be paid by a studen...

Four Hays High students who are now finishing their junior year are part of a select national group of students who scored 212 or higher on their Pre-SAT and National Merit Scholar Qualifying Test (NMSQT). That high score means the four will be in the running this summer to be named either National ...

After 33 years in coaching, including five spent at Hays High, Neal LaHue announced plans to hang up his whistle. In a letter to Hays High Principal David Pierce, LaHue, who is the current Hays High head football coach and athletic coordinator, intends to retire from public education and coaching wh...

By Moses Leos III Of the memories Hays High alumnus Justin Montaña had of his former head coach David Null, one during his freshman year stood out the most.  At the time, Montaña and other teammates were consistently throwing balls into the ground during a drill. Null quickly stopped the drill and p...