DRIPPING SPRINGS  — Dripping Springs High School announced the 2024 Homecoming Court, including the king and queen nominees and the underclass dukes and duchesses. Seniors nominated for Homecoming queen are Kylie Acosta, Ava Azua, Emily Molleur, Mia Pleasant and Eloise Roffers. King nominees are Rya...

Everything is bigger in Texas, including the homecoming mum tradition. Prior to the start of homecoming festivities last week, students in the Johnson High School Floral Design courses handcrafted the school’s first-ever mega mum.

KYLE — Several parents of Hays CISD students have voiced concerns regarding the district’s Special Education Department, stating that changes occurring in classrooms are hindering their student’s education. Maria Bowen, a paraprofessional within the district, as well as a mother of three children wi...

Hays CISD Chief of Communication Officer Tim Savoy stated that two arrests have been made for two separate threats made by Johnson High School students. According to a press release, a 15-year-old JHS sophomore was arrested on Sept. 18 for a threat made on late Tuesday, Sept. 17. The student has bee...

DSHS students earn College Board honors DRIPPING SPRINGS ISD -- More than 40 Dripping Springs High School juniors and seniors earned academic honors from the College Board National Recognition Program for their performance on the PSAT/NMSQT, PSAT 10 and/or AP Exams. A majority of DSHS students earne...

SAN MARCOS -- The San Marcos Chamber of Commerce, in partnership with the Greater San Marcos Partnership, announced that the annual State of Workforce & Education Summit is set to take place on Thursday, Sept. 26, at the San Marcos Conference Center at Embassy Suites. This year’s summit will delve i...

HAYS COUNTY -- Following threats that have been circulating across social media regarding school shootings, Hays CISD sent the following email to parents, students and staff on Thursday, Sept. 12. Dear Hays CISD Family, I have some additional information I can share about the social media school sho...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — A 2021 Dripping Springs High School graduate, who has been in the U.S. Marine Corps for three years, was recognized for his commendable achievements during a ceremony at Camp Wilson, California, on Aug. 11. Cpl. Cullen Potter of Dripping Springs is an Anti-Tank Missileman and Sect...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — In order to reduce recapture, now known as excess local revenue, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved an agreement for the purchase of attendance credits at its Aug. 26 meeting. Recapture — the process in which school districts send some of their local p...

KYLE — The Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved the 2024 tax rate at its Aug. 26 meeting. Agenda documents state that the tax rate would be $1.1546 per $100 valuation for the 2025 fiscal year. The following lists the breakdown of the total: • $0.6669 maintenance and operations • $0.4877 for the prin...