Fifty years ago, the newly formed Hays Consolidated Independent School district, which at the time featured the combined cities of Wimberley, Kyle and Buda, had 1,100 students. Fast forward half a century and the number has grown exponentially. With a population of 19,260 students, Tim Savoy, Hays C...

Hays CISD Board members approved a third Academic Program Management audit conducted by Gibson Consulting Group. According to documents, the audit would cost $21,500. The consulting group will visit six schools, as well as conduct two focus groups and interview up to eight Hays CISD central office s...

efore having a stadium named after him and earning a spot in the Texas High School Football Coaches Hall of Honor, Bob Shelton was front and center to the old Buda-Kyle rivalry. Shelton, who for four years was the Buda Bulldogs head football coach, said Kyle was the basketball power, while Buda was ...

hen long-time Hays teacher Joyce Smithey grew up in Halletsville she wanted to be a nurse. She went to Victoria Junior College, before studying at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. After a year there, she decided nursing wasn’t what she wanted to do, so she switched her degree to ...

(photo by David White) Blanco Vista Elementary Blanco Vista, which opened in 2008, is named for its location in relationship to the Blanco River which is almost in view from the campus.

ongtime resident Delvin J. “Red” Simon remembers when the eight miles between what were the Buda and Kyle High campuses wasn’t nearly enough separation.  Sure, Buda and Kyle High students and supporters expressed pleasantries when they passed each other on the street back in the day. When it came ti...

The design for a 115,000 square foot, $34 million elementary school that’s part of a $189 million propostion in the Hays CISD bond was forwarded by board trustees Monday. By a 6-1 vote, trustees approved design documents for Elementary School (ES) 14, to be located on High Road in the eastern part o...

Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday approved a targeted improvement plan that’s meant to help address areas of low performance. After a report showed bilingual/ESL and special education students were scoring lower on standardized tests than their peers, the district began drafting a TIP to better ser...

Prior to Thursday’s Day Without Immigrants protest, Simon Middle School principal Jose Puga tried his best to maintain a “business as usual” mentality with his staff. He understood recent Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations in Travis County caused anxiety among parents who may not b...

A longtime Hays CISD board trustee will go unopposed this May, while another battles a pair of challengers for the right to stay on the dais. Willie Tenorio, Jr., who has been a board trustee since 2009, did not draw an opponent when filing for the upcoming May 6 election ended Friday. The result ma...