DRIPPING SPRINGS  — All Dripping Springs ISD employees will soon see a 1% pay increase. The DSISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved a 1% general pay increase at its May 20 meeting for current teaching, auxiliary, clerical/technical and administrative/professional staff to take effect on July 1....

JOHNSON CITY — Pedernales Electric Cooperative announced the winners of its new Teacher Spotlight Award, intended to recognize the superb work teachers do in their classrooms and in their communities. PEC members submitted online nominations for nearly 300 teachers and answered questions, including ...

On Tuesday, May 7, Judge Marilyn Miller sworn in three members of the Dripping Springs City Council: Mayor Bill Foulds and council members Travis Crow (Place 4) and Wade King (Place 2). Each will serve a two-year term. The election that was initially set for May 4 to elect the three positions was ca...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Families will have another option for their student’s education with a new micro high school opening in Dripping Springs for the upcoming fall semester. Sarah Pevehouse, a Dripping Springs resident who has more than 15 years of experience in education, is bringing the first micro ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Families can start making plans to attend the second annual Western Wonderland at Dripping Springs Ranch Park for the holiday season. Following DSRP Manager Emily Nelson’s presentation on Tuesday, May 7, Dripping Springs City Council unanimously approved bringing back the Western ...

KYLE — Pedernales Electric Cooperative awarded 25 scholarships to students across its service area in celebration of the cooperative’s 25th anniversary of its scholarship program. PEC believes in supporting its members and communities through educational programs that benefit students across the co-...

DRIPPING SPRINGS —  Dripping Springs ISD’s annual online verification process for all students is now open. According to state law, this process must be completed each year for all students, including those who have previously been enrolled in DSISD, and those who are new to the district and previou...

The Texas Education Agency announced in December 2023 that the constructed response questions in the 2024 STAAR tests will be graded by a hybrid model of human scorers and an automated scoring engine (ASE). "The Texas hybrid scoring model uses an automated scoring engine to augment the work of human...

DRIPPING SPRINGS  —  In game three of the series on May 4, the Dripping Springs Tigers Baseball team hosted the Round Rock Cedar Ridge High School Raiders. The final score was 2-1, with the Tigers securing the win. The Raiders quickly scored in the first inning and the Tigers answered with a run in ...

DRIPPING SPRINGS — Three candidates — Mary Jane Hetrick, Stefani Reinold and Shanda DeLeon — won seats on the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees in the May 4, 2024 election. According to unofficial results, Hetrick received 22.5% (3,216) of the votes, Reinold received 20.86% (2,981) and DeLeon r...