Apply for local scholarships The Hays CISD local scholarship application is available in the Google Classroom. Have your student sign in to Google Classroom using their school Google account, click the plus sign, and join the class using the code hplleu4. Once they’ve joined the class they need to c...

An increase of 20 minutes to the school day will be added for Hays CISD students next fall after the  school board unanimously approved changes to the academic calendar at their Feb. 22 meeting.  The board’s changes reflect House Bill 2610, which was approved by the Texas Legislature that took effec...

By Paige Lambert Sexual assault is never an easy topic to discuss.  Hays County, Hays Caldwell Women’s Center officials and school districts are trying to open the conservation about the reality of sexual assault. Melissa Rodriguez, HCWC director of development and community partnerships, said conve...

By Moses Leos III Concerns are rising over a potential location for Hays CISD’s proposed third high school after one proposed property wasn’t within Hays County borders.   The property, located within the Sunfield Municipal Utility District (MUD), falls in Travis County, according to Hays CISD publi...

By Moses Leos III Trips to games will take a little longer for Hays CISD athletic programs starting next fall. On Feb. 18, the University Interscholastic League’s Appeals Committee denied Hays CISD’s appeal to move into a different district next season. Hays CISD filed the appeal earlier this month ...

By Moses Leos III The Hays CISD board of trustees Monday approved submitting exemption waivers to the Texas Education Agency for classrooms that go beyond the state mandated 22:1 student to teacher ratio.  The board passed the measure by a unanimous 7-0 vote. Waivers were granted for ten classrooms ...

By Moses Leos III Two properties in Buda will be up for discussion by the district’s High School No. 3 location committee as they pinpoint where a potential campus could go. But the gravity of the discussion will cause the committee to wait until March to finalize its recommendation to the board of ...

By Moses Leos III Concerns over missed instructional time for athletes and coaches due to travel, along with potential travel problems for parents, has Hays CISD appealing the University Interscholastic League’s (UIL) district realignment assignments for Hays and Lehman athletics.  In a letter to pa...

  By Moses Leos III  Concerns over missed instructional time for athletes and coaches due to travel, along with potential travel problems for parents, has Hays CISD appealing the University Interscholastic League's (UIL) district realignment assignements for Hays and Lehman athletics.  In a letter t...

By Moses Leos III Two familiar foes and several new challengers await the Hays and Lehman athletic programs as they were cast into what could be one of the more vaunted districts in the Austin area.  Both Hays CISD schools will join Lake Travis, Westlake, Vista Ridge, Leander and Vandegrift in the n...