by Sahar Chmais DRIPPING SPRINGS/WIMBERLEY – Wimberley and Dripping Springs independent school districts might be able to give other schools in Hays County insight on what it means to come back to school from the hyper-vacation students took since March. The two districts have differing reopening pl...

At a special meeting on Aug. 3, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved Superintendent Todd Washburn’s recommendation of Cedric Menchion as the district’s new Chief Financial Officer. Menchion has been the controller at Killeen ISD since 2014 and has more than 20 years of exp...

by Chase Rogers Dripping Springs ISD approved a return-to-school plan Monday, July 28, cementing guidelines for in-person and remote instruction for the fall semester. The DSISD Board of Trustees voted 7-0 in favor to approve the “Return, Reimagine, Connect” back-to-school plan, taking effect after ...

Dripping Springs ISD held a socially distanced, mask-wearing groundbreaking for Elementary #5 on Darden Hill Road. Left to right:  County Commissioner Walt Smith, State Representative Erin Zwiener, Board member Ron Jones, Board Vice President Dr. Mary Jane Hetrick, Board member Barbara Stroud, Board...

More than 600 Chromebooks were checked out to DSISD families to assist students with remote/virtual learning based on responses to a survey regarding tech needs. Staff volunteers helped out, including Superintendent Todd Washburn directing traffic, Athletic Director/Head Football Coach Galen Zimmerm...

Joining other Central Texas area school districts in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 and keeping students and staff safe, Dripping Springs ISD officials Monday suspended normal school operations from March 23-April 3. In an email to parents, Todd Washburn, DSISD Superintendent, said students and s...

With the state-mandated waiting period expired, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees on Thursday officially hired Todd Washburn as superintendent of schools. Washburn, who most recently served as associate superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment at Eanes ISD, was named lone f...

Staff Reports The field of candidates for the position of Superintendent of the Dripping Springs ISD has been narrowed to one. Todd Washburn, a resident of Dripping Springs who is currently associate superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment in the Eanes ISD, was named the sole final...