HAYS COUNTY —  On Tuesday, April 25, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved the superintendent’s recommendation to employ Christina Courson as the chief human resources officer and Tim Robinson as the deputy human resources officer. Courson is currently serving as the chief of staff for Lockhart I...

Bright smiles (and even the occasional celebratory dance or two) was how numerous Elm Grove Elementary students and educators lauded the award of $4,000 worth of items requested via student-led grant last Friday. All told, the Elm Grove PTA fully or partially funded 19 out of 38 grant applications t...

By Samantha Smith A majority of Garlic Creek residents were up in arms at the last Buda City Council meeting as the council attempted to amend an ordinance to ferry children to Elm Grove Elementary across a pedestrian bridge in golf carts.  The Buda City Council, however, tabled the agenda item for ...

Staff Report   Elm Grove Elementary Fueluptoplay60 Leaders, along with their Student Advisor and PE teacher, Shelly Vosburg, earned Touchdown School status once again this year. Leaders have to complete six steps to earn this status. Those steps are: forming a Leader Team, having a kick-off, being a...

Elm Grove Elementary’s Math Pentathlon club, part of a national organization, sent 18 students to the Division I Math Pentathlon, with eight students receiving a medal. Math Pentathlon helps students enjoy math as well as improve their problem solving strategies. The games for each division build of...

By Andy Sevilla This year, Hays CISD elementary students in Buda’s Garlic Creek subdivision were discontinued bus transportation to school; now the city’s council has joined parents in urging the school district to reinstate the service. Buda council members unanimously passed a resolution in Novemb...

By Moses Leos III Like all parents getting ready for the first day of school, Suzy Robbins knew a lot of unknowns were ahead for her two children.  But there was something Robbins knew well before Hays CISD classes began on Aug. 25. As a resident of Garlic Creek in Buda, Robbins understood her third...

By Moses Leos III The establishment of several new school zones in two Buda neighborhoods aims to ensure the safety of children walking to Elm Grove Elementary.  Those school zones, which encompass six streets in the Whispering Hollow and Elm Grove subdivisions, were officially established by a unan...

When Hays CISD announced in April it would cut bus service to Elm Grove Elementary come August, some parents in the Garlic Creek and Cullen Country neighborhoods of Buda were upset. Many moved into the developments thinking bus service was available. Others planned alternatives, such as dropping off...