A longtime Hays CISD board trustee will go unopposed this May, while another battles a pair of challengers for the right to stay on the dais. Willie Tenorio, Jr., who has been a board trustee since 2009, did not draw an opponent when filing for the upcoming May 6 election ended Friday. The result ma...

A $250 million initiative split across two propositions was the consensus reached by the Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday as they decided on what could go in a potential bond.   Board trustees will decide next week on whether they should take the $250 million package to voters this May. By a 7-0 v...

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...

Hays County law enforcement officials teamed up with Kyle and Hays CISD officials and the Lehman athletics department last week as they participated in Blended Voices Across Lehman. The event featured discussion between students and law enforcement on providing information on how law enforcement off...

By Bailey Buckingham An Austin-based non-profit program that centers on helping Latina youth seeks to extend its program into Hays CISD.  In June, representatives from Con Mi Madre presented to the Hays CISD board of trustees its past successes and its plans for the Hays school district.  “I was flo...

By Bailey Buckingham Lunchroom monitors for elementary schools will be back, after a vote by the Hays CISD Board of Trustees.  The school board passed an action item that recommends establishing additional positions for the 2016-2017 fiscal year by a unanimous vote.   This will establish 26 lunchroo...

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...

By Bailey Buckingham The Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday elected its president, vice president and secretary for the 2016-2017 school year.  The board first took a vote on the presidential position. Two individuals who received nominations were board trustee Holly Raymond and Merideth Keller, who...

By Kim Hilsenbeck It’s spring and that means budget season for Hays CISD. As the board of trustees and district officials hash through another year of budget talks, with an estimated $136,717,270 budget, there are some key points on the table. The biggest one is arguably compensation for teachers an...

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 ...