Hays CISD officials are developing an action plan this month for Tom Green Elementary after the school received a poor rating from the Texas Education Agency (TEA) in August. Low scores on the State of Texas Assessment of Academic Readiness (STAAR) test left the elementary school with an Improvement...

Late November or early December is the time Hays CISD plans to solidify a new attendance zone map that includes Johnson High. In the interim, Hays CISD officials earlier this month kickstarted the process of gathering public input for the proposed maps, which could go through several revisions befor...

J ust before Labor Day weekend, Gov. Greg Abbott released a School Safety Action Plan Summary that lists actions taken by school districts to harden campuses in the wake of the deadly Santa Fe Independent School District shooting in May. “Elected leaders, community members, students, teachers, paren...

More than 6,800 students are now enrolled in Dripping Springs ISD, according to district officials in a press release. At the end of the first week of school, DSISD is serving 6,848 students, which is “very close” to district projections used for planning purposes. The district is expected to hit th...

Tom Green Hornets celebrate banner achievement Photo by Jim Cullen Tom Green Elementary School’s students were honored last month with the Imagine Nation Beacon School banner. The banners are awarded to schools with model implementations of any of four Imagine Learning digital programs. The Hornets ...

The process of pinching pennies is underway for Hays CISD officials as they aim to rectify a projected deficit prior to finalizing its 2019 budget. Even with trimming roughly $2.1 million in expenses, the district still faces the possibility of operating $5.9 million in the red next fiscal year. It ...

School’s not out forever and over 20,000 students Monday made sure to grab their bags and books (and hopefully minus any dirty looks) for the start of classes in Hays CISD. This year, the district celebrated the opening of Uhland Elementary, which is the 23rd campus in Hays CISD. We at the Hays Free...

A local artist’s donation of $500 to Wimberley elementary art teachers is expected to go a long way for students, according to a press release. “Art teaches history. Art teaches math… Art teaches students how to verbalize their thoughts, ideas and processes when they speak about their work,” Ober sa...

A longtime educator with ties to the community was selected to fill a vacant Dripping Springs ISD board of trustees seat last week. Grijalva Marisa Grijalva, a current part-time reading intervention teacher in Austin ISD, will serve the remainder of the at-large seat’s term, which expires May 2019, ...

A longtime law enforcement officer has been tabbed to helm a recently created Hays CISD position dedicated to campus security. Phillip Taylor, who has worked in a variety of positions at the Hays County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO), and is also the Mayor of Mountain City, was named as Hays CISD’s first D...