By Sahar Chmais  HAYS CISD – Several Hays CISD campuses will not resume in-person courses until next week, beginning on Monday, March 1, due to damage from the winter storm.  Fuentes, Hemphill and Tom Green Elementary will proceed with virtual learning until  next week because the campuses are still...

A student at Tom Green Elementary makes himself comfortable Sept. 8 as he participates in an engaging online learning session during the first day of virtual instruction inside of the school’s cafeteria. It was a brave new world for many Hays CISD students and educators Sept. 8 as the district offic...

By the age of 104, most people would have had their fill of birthday presents. But Betty X. Davis isn’t most people. As her birthday approached in November, Davis sent out a call for presents – but not for herself. Rather, she sought donations of children’s books that she in turn donated to the libr...

Join the fun as the city of Buda and the Buda Public Library celebrate Texas Arbor Day by offering the community two engaging events. Come to Green Meadows Park on Friday, Nov. 1, at 10 a.m. for a tree planting ceremony, then pop by the Buda Public Library from 3-5 p.m. for activities such as tree a...

Curriculum alignment and instructional support were factors Hays CISD officials cited as the primary causes for the district’s seven-point improvement in the Texas Education Agency’s (TEA) A-F Accountability ratings. While there are areas for continued progress, Hays CISD Superintendent Eric Wright ...

District makes the grade on prelim test results Progress on preliminary state standardized test scores offer hope for Hays CISD officials that the district won’t have an “Improvement Required” campus for the first time in several years. On June 24, Hays CISD leaders unveiled preliminary State of Tex...

On Thursday, the Hays CISD board of trustees approved the hiring of two new principals during a special called meeting. Newly hired Simon Middle School Principal Charli Lennon. (Photo courtesy of Hays CISD) Simon Middle School in Kyle will be led by Charli Lennon, who hails from the Austin area and ...

The shuffle of administrators and principals within Hays CISD continued last week as board trustees approved the hiring of new leaders for Tom Green and Tobias Elementary schools. Joy Philpott, the district’s Director of Assessment and Accountability, was named as the next principal at Tom Green Ele...

(photo by Charles Quinn) Barton Middle School teacher Michael Snead (left) and Tom Green Elementary second-grade teacher Javier Gonzalez (right) are, respectively, the Hays CISD Secondary and Elementary Teachers of the Year. The two were named by Superintendent Mike McKie at the Education Foundation...

A Hays County Grand Jury indicted a Kyle man who is accused of inappropriately touching a child in 2016. Jose Isabel Marin Ruiz, 35, of Kyle, was indicted on two counts of indecency with a child based on an incident in the Shady Oaks area of Kyle on March 1, 2016. According to an arrest warrant, Bud...