The Hays Education Foundation (HEF) announced that the Hays CISD inaugural State of the District event is set to take place from 10:30 a.m. to noon on Friday, Oct. 18 at the Hays CISD Academic Support Center central administration building. The State of the District event is a fundraiser, with proce...

BUDA — At its Dec. 11 meeting, the Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved an item that denied the ability for the district to hire chaplains as school counselors. This decision comes after the 88th Legislature passed Senate Bill 763, which allows “a school district or open-enrollment charter school [t...

HAYS COUNTY — The 2023 Naming Committee — a school board-appointed committee made up of community members — presented the first reading of its recommendation package at the Hays CISD Board of Trustees workshop meeting on Monday, Nov. 13. The committee was empaneled in July to consider names for seve...

The Hays Education Foundation welcomed new teachers to Hays CISD   with a special surprise at their orientation held at Hays High School. Micah Petrea, Hays Education Foundation president, and other members presented the new teachers with $100 gift cards. The Texas State Teachers Association donated...

Submitted Report It’s the most wonderful time of the year when the Hays CISD Education Foundation’s “Prize Patrol” hands out Grants for Great Ideas to district educators. On Monday, members of the Hays Education Foundation Board of Directors toured 11 campuses and awarded in surprise fashion Grants ...

Lehman High School Principal Denisha Presley and LHS Secretary Gina Carline display a $500 Hays Education Foundation grant Lehman received this week. The campus received the grant for providing the top grossing silent auction lot at this year’s Denim & Diamonds gala. Foundation Executive Director An...

Hays Education Foundation board members toured Hays CISD campuses last week bearing gifts of Innovative Teaching Grants and multiple minigrants. Recent record-breaking community support allowed the Foundation to award more than $75,000 in needed funds for a total of 49 projects. The board, right, ga...

The Hays Education Foundation got in on the fun at – and support for – the district Fusion Conference at Simon Middle School, awarding a $5,000 grant to Hemphill Elementary teacher Jorge Sanchez and his “Student Drivers” (iPad) proposal. The foundation grant will fund a full set of iPads for the Haw...

By Kim Hilsenbeck C old, wet weather did not dampen the spirits, or the generosity, of guests who attended the 11th annual Denim & Diamonds gala event on Saturday. In fact, the amount raised – $115,000 – was more than expected by the Hays CISD Education Foundation board members. Held at the TDS Exot...