DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Approximately a month after the first reading, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees approved the new elementary and middle school attendance zones that will go into effect for the 2025-26 school year at its Dec. 16 meeting. The new attendance zones follow the district worki...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs ISD earned the highest rating of  “A: Superior Achievement,” and a numerical score of 98, on the Texas Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (FIRST) report for the 2023-24 rating year. During its Oct. 28 meeting, the DSISD Board of Trustees listened to a pres...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Following discussion at its agenda review on Feb. 20, the DSISD Board of Trustees voted 6-0 to approve the budget assumptions and parameters for FY 2024-25, which includes a 1% pay increase for all staff, at its regular Feb. 26 meeting. The following assumptions and parameters ar...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — The Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees discussed, for the second time, the potential of a health course requirement for high school students to graduate. This comes weeks after the board decided to postpone any action on the item at its Oct. 23 meeting, following a recommendat...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — At its Oct. 23 meeting, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees decided to postpone any action on a requirement for a health course for high school students to graduate. The School Health Advisory Council (SHAC) meets throughout the year to assist the district in ensuring that ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Dripping Springs ISD is moving forward with a reduction in its tax rate for the 2023-24 fiscal year. On Monday, Sept. 25, the DSISD Board of Trustees approved a rate of $1.1075 per $100 of certified property value by a vote of 6-1. The tax rate is a $0.1854 decrease from the 2022 ...

By Brittany Anderson HAYS COUNTY — Nearly 16,000, or 9.83%, of registered Hays County voters headed to the polls during the May 7 uniform election. Candidates from across the county were vying for seats on the Hays CISD and Dripping Springs ISD boards of trustees, as well as for several council seat...