A longtime music educator who has served as the interim director of Lehman High’s band program has been selected to fill the role on a permanent basis.

Earlier this month, Hays CISD officials named Jose Valenzuela as the school’s next director of bands. Valenzuela fills the role left by longtime Hays CISD band director Joey Lucita, who in April was named as the director of bands at Johnson High.

Valenzuela, who has been serving as Lehman High’s interim band director since Janua...