ideo games, fidget spinners and even hoverboards are items today’s youth covet when it comes to birthday or holiday gifts. For 13-year-old Dripping Springs resident Ramsey Hutton, a gift card to Barnes and Noble or Half-Price Books will suffice, thank you very much. Ever since she was a toddler, Hut...

Dripping Springs ISD partnered with Broadway Bank, H-E-B, and the Helping Hands Food Pantry for the annual school supply drive to help DSISD students in need.

Dripping Springs ISD trustee Mary Jane Hetrick has earned the designation of Master Trustee upon completion of Leadership TASB, a program sponsored by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB). During the fifth session, which was held June 22 – 24, school board members in the 2016–2017 Leadershi...

Poenitzsch named Learning and Innovation director At a special meeting July 20, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved Superintendent Bruce Gearing’s recommendation of Nicole Poenitzsch as the district’s new Assistant Superintendent for Learning & Innovation. Poenitzsch has served 12 ye...

A high percentage of Dripping Springs ISD students met standard at all grade levels and subjects, according to preliminary State of Texas Assesment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) results. Results extend across four profiency levels, ranging from “Did Not Meet,” “Approaches,” “Meets,” and “Masters.” S...

DSISD registration Dripping Springs ISD will hold the second and final summer registration day for students who will be new to the district in the fall of 2017 on Wednesday, Aug. 2. Registration will be conducted on individual campuses from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. High school students must schedule an appo...

Natalie Mahany, a Rooster Springs Elementary third-grade teacher has been selected as the 2017 Texas PTA Elementary Teacher of the Year. Texas PTA honors five outstanding educators each year. In addition to Mahany, Dr. Art Cavazos (Harlingen ISD) was chosen as the Superintendent of the Year, Todd Ro...

Dripping Springs ISD leaders last month unanimously approved to extend the contract of their leader. The Dripping Springs ISD board of trustees extended Dr. Bruce Gearing’s contract by one year, which will have him as the schools’ leader until 2021-2022. Trustees also approved a two percent salary i...

Maintaining the current ad valorem tax rate was one of several highlights in Dripping Springs ISD’s Fiscal Year 2018 budget, which was approved unanimously by board trustees June 26. The budget, presented by Assistant Superintendent Elaine Cogburn, reflects the district’s practice of having revenues...

he Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the recommendation of Mandy Sargent as principal of Rooster Springs Elementary at its June 26 meeting. Sargent has been the school’s assistant principal for the past two years. Mandy Sargent will lead Rooster Springs Elementary in 2017. ...