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...

With a December deadline to make a bond recommendation to the Board of Trustees, the Hays CISD Growth Impact Committee (GIC) is working to finalize a potential list of projects within a proposed 2017 initiative. The project list, according to the district’s website, is for discussion purposes only. ...

A recent survey of district trends in superintendents’ salaries and benefits was released by the Texas Association of School Boards (TASB Link opens in a new window) and Texas Association of School Administrators (TASA Link opens in a new window). The TASB/TASA survey conducted annually by the TASB ...

aving worked as Hays CISD’s director of Student Health Services for roughly two years, Macie Walker understands the challenge parents face when it comes to “the talk.” Through Girl Talk/Boy Talk, Hays CISD aims to empower parents to begin discussions about sex and sexual functions with their childre...

Hays CISD Education Foundation Board members were appreciative of a $2,000 donation from PEC recently.Celeste Mikeska, representing PEC, presented Foundation President Rob Dahse and a contingent of Foundation Board members with the check, which came from funds fromPEC’s Bright Lights Bright Minds Co...

A group of veterans in the crowd stand as they were recognized during the Hays High Veterans Day assembly in Bales Gym. Members of the Lehman Navy JROTC stand at attention during the school’s Veterans Day ceremony. Red, white and blue were on display Nov. 11 as Hays CISD campuses honored veterans by...

The desire to add and improve Career and Technical Education (CTE) facilities across all Hays CISD high school campuses is driving a $13.1 million proposal that could be included in the May 2017 bond. Suzi Mitchell, Hays CISD CTE director, said the goal is to ensure district high school students, in...

The Hays CISD school board empaneled a Growth Impact Committee for the purposes of assessing growth in the district and making a recommendation to the board regarding the need for a bond initiative in 2017. The committee consists of a mix of citizens appointed by the board (28 voting members) and in...

By Moses Leos III An improvement plan meant to assist Hemphill Elementary School improve failing state standardized test scores was given the green light by the Hays CISD Board of Trustees Tuesday. By a 7-0 vote, the Hays CISD board voted to adopt the Targeted Improvement Plan for Hemphill Elementar...

Staff report    Grant funds awarded to the Buda Public Library have allowed for the creation of a “Do it yourself” space where people invent, explore and create.  According to a press release, the Buda library received roughly $14,000 in grant funds from the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Serv...