By Brittany Anderson Parents, students, teachers and school board members have gone back and forth regarding masks in schools for weeks – but there might be an extra layer of safety coming to classrooms that will satisfy everyone. During their board meeting Monday, Hays CISD board members discussed ...

By Sahar Chmais What property be taken down or destroyed in school bathrooms? Air dryers, perhaps paper towel dispensers, and how about bathroom signs. These are some examples of how school kids are following a TikTok challenge, which implores kids to destroy items in school bathrooms. In schools ac...

By Sahar Chmais UPDATE: When the story was reported, the number of infections counted on the Hays CISD COVID dashboard was 65 active cases in the school. The number of active cases is 74 as of the district's latest update this evening. An entire school campus in Hays CISD has closed down due to the ...

By Sahar Chmais In Hays CISD, where masks are not mandated, 2.6% of students and staff were infected with COVID three weeks into the school year. In Austin ISD, where masks are mandated, that number is 0.8%. Dripping Springs ISD, also without a mask mandate, has a similar statistic to HCISD, with 2....

Updated Tuesday, Sept. 28, 2021 Below is information regarding active COVID-19 cases and classroom closures in Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD. This post will be updated weekly using information provided by the districts. More information can be found on Hays CISD's COVID dashboard and DSISD's CO...

All photos courtesy of Hays CISD By Megan Wehring HAYS CISD -- Johnson High School announced its first Homecoming King and Queen at the Sept. 11 home football game against Bastrop. The school celebrated its all-senior homecoming court, with Riley Fall as Homecoming King and Destiny Medina as Homecom...

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...

By Megan Wehring   HAYS CISD — Many school districts are in dire need of substitute teachers and Hays CISD is no exception.   The district continues its search for more guest or substitute teachers as there are increased absences from regular staff due to positive COVID-19 tests and required quarant...

Staff Report The Lehman Lobos discovered Friday there’s no place like home.   Three scintillating touchdowns from Lobo senior Tanner Johnson jockeyed the Lobos past the McCallum Knights 38-24 to capture the program’s first win in their home opener in ten years. Friday was also the first time the Cla...

By Brittany Anderson A letter demanding local control over COVID-19 protocols drafted by the Hays CISD board and Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright was sent to Gov. Greg Abbott and the Texas Education Agency (TEA) on Aug. 30. At the board meeting Aug. 30, some board members were outspoken about their de...