By Megan Wehring Hays CISD parents will start making decisions whether they want their children to continue virtual learning or attend in-person learning in the classroom. The form went live today in Parent Self-Serve . All students will be required to participate in virtual learning from Sept. 8 to...

By Sahar Chmais There are those mornings when some university students wake up with the sunrise. They tick off their to-do list with an early workout, then a quiet walk to a sparsely filled building to get a head start on their work, after that they grab a coffee or tea and just revel in the morning...

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...

Staff Report Gov. Greg Abbott issued declarations this week regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the reopening of Texas public schools and the resumption of standardized testing. On Monday, Abbott extended the early voting period by nearly a week, beginning Oct. 13. Additionally, he said mail-in ballots...

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 ...

By Megan Wehring Schools across the state of Texas, including Hays High School, have reconsidered their mascot amid controversial outcry. The Hays Rebels originated in 1968. The school didn’t start distancing itself from Confederacy associations until the 2000s. In light of recent events, mass atten...

By Megan Wehring  Students weren’t the only ones who spoke up about the Rebel mascot last week.  Hays CISD administration recommended last week that the Board of Trustees should retire the rebel mascot from Hays High School. The Board then voted unanimously to do so, lending itself to begin a new ma...

Hays CISD is one of many districts who sent a letter  to state officials addressing concerns about COVID-19. The Hays CISD Board of Trustees and Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright signed the letter at the July 16 meeting. The letter was sent to  Gov. Greg Abbott, TEA Commissioner Mike Morath, Sen. Donna...

by Sahar Chmais   It’s damned if you do, damned if you do not.   The decision to return to school is episodic; every few days new state regulations and orders come out. Districts are scrambling to methodically reopen their campuses to please a myriad of watchers.   Then there are the people who need...

      By Chase Rogers The Dripping Springs Independent School District Board of Trustees held a special meeting Wednesday, July 15, to discuss back-to-school plans for the 2020-21 school year and review results from the previous parent-teacher survey regarding reopening concerns. With all members of...