Registration for Kindergarten and Pre-K students entering Dripping Springs ISD schools in the fall 2019 is now underway. Parents should go online to complete the first portion of the enrollment process by March 15, 2019. See www.dsisdtx.us/registration for instructions and the online link; new kinde...

On Feb. 25, the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees unanimously approved Superintendent Bruce Gearing’s recommendation of Scott Drillette as the district’s new Assistant Superintendent for Finance and Operations.  Drillette has more than 15 years of experience in educational administration, inclu...

Supporting fair & just voting in Hays County The League of Women Voters of Hays County will host the second of three programs centered around increasing voter participation. Program II - Supporting Fair and Just Voting in Hays County will be held on March 7, 2019, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wimberley ...

Amid concerns extending to a pair of overpopulated classrooms at Uhland Elementary, Hays CISD leaders Monday felt they had no choice but to green light a waiver to allow for it. But some trustees feel approval of the class size waivers by a unanimous 6-0 Feb. 25 vote could have negative implications...

Hays High sophomore Tristan Jordan is joined by several members of the Rebel marksmanship team as they practice for the upcoming All Service National Championships in Anniston, Alabama to be held in late March. 

The Men’s Group of Buda United Methodist Church has opened its application process for all graduating high school seniors planning on attending post secondary schools for the 2019-2020 school year. The application can be found on its website at www.BudaUMC.org. The annual Buda UMC pumpkin patch, as ...

Several Tom Green Elementary students participated in this weekend’s Austin Energy Regional Science Fair. The students who attended placed 1st, 2nd or 3rd in their grade levels at their campus Science Fair that qualified them to participate in the Austin regional fair. Participating students were: B...

Hemphill Elementary 3rd graders welcomed Austin Fox 7 Meteorologist Zach Shields for a special presentation earlier this month. Shields, who has been a meteorologist for more than 20 years, shared insight into his profession, including tales on tornado chasing in the Texas panhandle to everything in...

Last week, Negley Elementary 3rd graders participated in “Market Day,” an event where students fashioned and marketed products to “sell” at the market place. The lesson covered topics such as economics, budgeting and much more.

Five candidates have thrown their hats into the ring for a pair of positions on the Dripping Springs ISD Board of Trustees up for grabs this May. Those who applied are Joanna Day, Peter Englehart, Marisa Grijalva, Kara Mayfield, and Rob Satterfield. Currently, the positions are held by Grijalva and ...