By Megan Wehring DRIPPING SPRINGS — After discovering two necessary policies were missing, the Dripping Springs ISD’s (DSISD) special education department will endure an audit. During the Dec. 13 meeting, the DSISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved the new audit to be conducted by the Texas Ass...

Marisa Renteria, mother of a 3-year-old and a newborn, recently saw her son’s vocabulary drop from 50 words to 10; he was diagnosed with speech delay. After attending school, her son’s vocabulary sprang back to 60 words. But since schools have closed with no end in sight, Renteria worries that her s...

Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday approved a targeted improvement plan that’s meant to help address areas of low performance. After a report showed bilingual/ESL and special education students were scoring lower on standardized tests than their peers, the district began drafting a TIP to better ser...

Concerns are rising within Hays CISD after results from a Texas Education Association (TEA) audit showed the district is dropping the ball when it comes to supporting and instructing bilingual and special education (SPED) students.       Hays CISD District 4 Trustee Merideth Keller said district adm...

By Bailey Buckingham After equity discrepancies regarding special education (SPED) departmental stipends were discovered, Hays CISD Board of Trustees took action to alleviate the issue June 27.  By a 5-1 vote, the board added current SPED stipends to teacher base pay, while also freezing teacher pay...