By Andy Sevilla The wheels are turning to get tablets in teachers’ hands for use in their classroom as a means to aid in instruction by the end of the school year, according to Hays CISD officials. “Every teacher in the district will receive a device for use in their classroom as instructional tools...

Hays CISD sent a letter to parents today about the district's Ebola prepardedness plans. While experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and local emergency management offices believe the risk of the disease spreading to Hays County is low, Superintendent Mike McKie said he and his...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Technology. It’s everywhere. Cell phones, tablets and other hand-held devices are ubiquitous in U.S. society, including at secondary schools. But the proper use of technology — from the appropriateness of postings to asking permission to upload or share a photo — was a concern to H...

By Andy Sevilla Up in arms over what they call an inequity in pay, Hays CISD school counselors are now asking for a pay raise after having their wage schedule reclassified this school year. Hays CISD counselors were removed from a counselor placement pay schedule, much like the one teachers, librari...

STAFF REPORT   An active homicide investigation in Kyle may keep students at bay at several Hays CISD campuses, according to officials. Hays CISD officials said on their Facebook page that transportation might be affected for some students at Pfluger and Science Hall Elementary Schools, Chapa Middle...

By Andy Sevilla After being a topic of executive session in the Hays CISD school board’s agenda at both September meetings, a high-ranking official calls it quits.  Hays CISD Assistant Superintendent of Human Resource David Hartz resigned from his post Sept. 19. The abrupt departure came without muc...

By Andy Sevilla In an about face, Hays CISD will soon hire a new fourth grade teacher to help alleviate overcrowded classrooms at Elm Grove Elementary despite the administration’s resistance last week. With the new hire, Hays CISD will request 13 classroom waivers from the state this year, as oppose...

By Andy Sevilla Within thirty days of surpassing 22 students in any class with one teacher, school boards are to request classroom waivers, per state rules.  Three weeks into the school year and with 18 classes across four campuses over the state recommended student-teacher ratios, Hays CISD board m...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Terse words and tension at the 11th hour at last Thursday’s Hays CISD school board meeting put the passage of the 2014-2015 budget in peril, at least momentarily. In the end, it passed 4-3, but not without a bit of late night drama. Just before Thursday’s vote, three board members ...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton Do you make lower grade class sizes smaller or keep the budget deficit at a little more than half a million dollars? That’s the conundrum the Hays CISD Board of Trustees is facing. At the end of the budget sessions, as the trustees worked through what they expected in the 2014...