An estimated 1,000 citizens attended the grand opening ceremony for Moe & Gene Johnson High Saturday, packing the main corridor of the three-story, $103 million, 413,500 square-foot building. The Aug. 3 ceremony was filled with emotion from district leaders and descendants of Moe and Gene, two commu...

Hays CISD is planning to introduce new architects for future bond projects. Claycomb Associates and O’Connell Robertons were approved Jan. 29 as the two architecture firms for future district bond initiatives by a 5-2 vote from the board of trustees. Trustee Holly Raymond and Teresa Tobias cast the ...

Moe and Gene Johnson during the heyday of the Kyle News. (Hays Free Press file photo) Hays CISD leaders Monday officially named the district’s third campus after one of its founding members. By a 7-0 vote, the Hays CISD board of trustees named High School 3 (HS3) as William Moe and Gene Johnson High...

After receiving more than 700 total name submissions, Hays CISD has whittled down what it could call its 14th elementary and third high school. The Hays CISD board of trustees will   make the final decision at its Dec. 11 meeting. Hays CISD’s naming committee recommended calling the district’s 14th ...

STAFF REPORT The “old-timers” around the Hays Consolidated Independent School District certainly knew him. The newcomers might not know him, but he touched the lives of thousands of children who passed through the halls of the local schools. He was known as Coach Johnson, Mr. Moe, Uncle MoMo, Superi...