With a little help from one of the pros Feb. 4, a handful of Wallace Ranger Dance Team members got the chance to get their boogie on and improve their skills. On Thursday, Jared Hale, a dancer with Ballet Austin, visited the campus to give a Masterclass lesson on Hip-Hop choreography to Ranger stude...

By Sahar Chmais There is an instinctual phenomenon of “counting,” little known to those who are not Black. “You know what I mean when I say counting,” Ray Bryant, Buda’s first Black city council member, asked. “Every black person knows what that means and that’s what we do. When we walk into a room ...

By Megan Wehring Fast growth schools in the state, including Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD, need help, and are pushing the Texas Legislature to fund necessities. The Fast Growth School Coalition, voice of the state’s fastest-growing school districts, is asking lawmakers to protect investments i...

By Megan Wehring HAYS CISD — Come May 1, it will be up to voters in the Hays CISD community to decide whether or not to approve a bond package in the range of $238 million. The May 2020 election was originally postponed per Gov. Greg Abbott’s directives, due to the coronavirus pandemic. Administrati...

HAYS CISD — Hays High School will see a new mascot beginning the 2021-2022 school year: the hawks. While there were several enticing options, including dragons and honey badgers, hawks was the favorable choice with 461 votes. Waiting for months to see a change, current 9th and 11th graders along wit...

By Megan Wehring HAYS CISD — Looking at a bond election May 1, 2021 in the range of $233 million, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees will make a decision on Monday, Jan. 25 as to whether or not to move forward. The May 2020 bond election was originally postponed per Gov. Greg Abbott’s directives, due t...

By Megan Wehring HAYS CISD — Demand for vaccinations continues to increase while the supply doesn’t seem to match. Hays CISD is preparing to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to interested employees when doses are available. When doses are made available, the district will use the first shipment for f...

By Sahar Chmais COVID-19 has robbed high school students of prom for a second consecutive year. This came as upsetting news to some parents and their kids, while some were relieved. Hays High School stated that they will not move forward with prom planning due to the ongoing pandemic. Maintaining st...

Rebranding is going to cost us Have we lost our minds? According to Hays CISD superintendent Dr. Eric Wright, it will cost us $800,000 to rebrand the school (Hays High) with a new mascot. Does anyone in this over governed world we live in realize this is real money not board game play money? How abo...

Staff report, Photos by Wayland Clark (wfotos.com) BUDA – After a 24-year wait, Hays High is back among Texas High School football’s elite. Five total touchdowns scored by quarterback Durand Hill, mixed in with dominant defense, carried Hays to a 38-10 win over the Vandegrift Vipers to claim the 6A ...