Incumbent board member Merideth Keller and newly-elected board member Esperanza Orosco were sworn in at a specially held Hays CISD school board meeting Tuesday night. Pct. 5 Justice of the Peace Scott Cary administered the oath to Keller and Pct. 2 Justice of the Peace Beth Smith administered the oa...

by Moses Leos III Kyle voters were unable to decide who would claim the Kyle City Council District 1 seat after incumbent Diane Hervol and candidate Travis Mitchell split the 1,052 total ballots cast right down the middle.  Hervol and Mitchell ended Saturday tied as they each gained 510 total votes,...

  by Moses Leos III Kyle City Council:  A long time Kyle City Council member holds the lead over her opponent for the District 1 race after early voting results were released Saturday.  Diane Hervol, who is the incumbent District 1 council member, leads candidate Travis Mitchell by 46 votes after ea...

See what your local school board candidates have to say about the issues. Incumbent school member Merideth Keller and candidate  Jonanna Mikulenka will be competing for the District 4 seat, while Priscilla Harrell and Esperanza Orosco will compete for the District 5 seat.  The Hays School Board elec...

By Moses Leos III Emotions hit a high point Monday as the Hays CISD school board of trustees for the first time discussed the final site for the district’s proposed third high school. The board viewed a presentation by Public Information Officer Tim Savoy on the district’s site selection committee’s...

By Cyndy Slovak-Barton Students at Hays High School will continue to get the chance to choose their fight song. That’s the final word from Hays CISD. The process of choosing the fight song is expected to the complete by Nov. 13, unless students decide they want to write their own song. The community...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Hays CISD school board members listened to about a dozen comments at Monday night’s board agenda meeting, all related to retiring “Dixie” as the Hays High School fight song.  Recent graduates Jordan Kadjar and James Collins, both of whom were active at Hays High – including in the ...

By Paige Lambert Growth and innovation are constantly part of residents’ lives in Central Texas. Businesses are popping up along the Interstate 35 corridor, people are steadily moving to the area and school districts are growing faster than ever. The Hays CISD School Board addressed many of these is...

By Andy Sevilla A recently presented state report illustrating Hays CISD’s academic performance reveals students are excelling in social studies, but falling below state averages in math, science and writing. The Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) provides information on the performance of stu...

By Andy Sevilla Despite some administration resistance, school board members seem poised to adjust counselor pay next month after the employees complained of inequity in pay. Hays CISD counselors were restructured into the administrative professional pay schedule this school year, per Texas Associat...