A 30-plus percent rise in the number of Hays CISD students enrolled in dual credit courses occurred between the 2015-2016 school years, officials said. However, several trustees believe adding more grade point weight to dual credit courses could not only boost students’ grade point averages (GPA), b...

Accountability and student progress across multiple grade levels is the focus for Hays CISD leaders after they unanimously approved a Targeted Improvement Plan forHemphill Elementary Oct. 23. The trustees’ move was done via a 7-0 vote and comes after Hemphill was listed as “Improvement Required” by ...

Debate over which grade levels will start out at the district’s new third high school hit the Hays CISD board of trustee dais Tuesday. While a decision won’t be made until Oct. 23, district leaders weighed in on what grades they want to see in the new school, which is currently under construction. C...

Reductions in state funding, along with less-than-expected appraisal values, are expected to have Hays CISD officials seeing red for the second time in as many years. Board trustees are looking at adopting a $3.4 million deficit budget when they vote on the Fiscal Year 2018 budget Aug. 31, said Ann ...

Below grade state accountability ratings for two Hays CISD campuses is forcing district officials to start the planning process on how to improve them. Science Hall and Hemphill elementary schools were both listed as “Improvement Required,” according to the 2017 Texas Education Agency accountability...

Anxiety over lagging 2017 State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) scores was expressed by Hays CISD leaders after preliminary results for the district were released last month. Joy Philpott, Hays CISD director of assessment and accountability, said the district’s writing scores for 2...

oncerns over the timing of using $5 million toward construction of a natatorium, which would be owned by the YMCA, led Hays CISD leaders to sink a n agreement that could have allowed the district use of the facility . The move, which came as a result of a 3-3 tie with President Merideth Keller absta...

The possibility of a charter school coming to Kyle could be a reality after officials with IDEA public schools, a south Texas based charter school system, unveiled plans to build a 110,000 square-foot, $20 million campus. Larkin Tackett, vice president of community for IDEA public schools in Austin,...

uestions over the scope of Hays CISD’s new strategic design plan led district leaders to hold off on adopting the measure until June 26. Trustees Vanessa Petrea and Esperanza Orosco all advocated on “finessing” the plan before the district opts to decide on implementing the plan. Hays CISD’s strateg...

Approval of a new stipend system Tuesday could aid Hays CISD leaders in attracting needed instructors to help turnaround the academically struggling Hemphill Elementary. The Turnaround Campus Stipend Structure, approved by a 7-0 vote, would provide a $5,000 stipend for the principal at Hemphill, wit...