Hays High School  Schedule Pick-up:  A ugust  11th: Seniors – 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Freshmen – 4 to 7 p.m.  August 12th: Juniors – 8:30 a.m. to noon  Sophomores – 1 to 4:30 p.m.    Lehman High School  events Lehman will have a virtual schedule pick-up this year. Schedules will be released via email w...

By Moses Leos III Four area students will get the chance to take on national competition as they qualified for the 50th Amateur Athletic Union Junior Olympics, which will be held in Houston July 27-Aug. 6.  Briannah Arrant, 12, and Nikayla Fitzgerald, 13, along with Hays High School students Camille...

By Samantha Smith A  free and anonymous phone application offered by Hays CISD allows students, faculty and staff an opportunity message in whenever they are experiencing tough times.  The text-message based program called the Hays Hopeline allows the district to reach out to students who may be exp...

By Samantha Smith Hays CISD parents took to the Hays Free Press Facebook page to voice their opinions on the district implementing uniforms at McCormick Middle School. A handful of parents were concerned that many were unable to participate or weren’t notified of a parent survey on whether or not th...

By Moses Leos III The Hays CISD community is mourning the loss of longtime Barton Middle School nurse Susie Kana, who passed away Wednesday morning, according to Hays CISD officials. Kana, 60, had worked within Hays CISD for more than 20 years before her retirement in 2015. She continued to work wit...

By Bailey Buckingham A n Austin-based non-profit program that centers on helping Latina youth seeks to extend its program into Hays CISD.  In June, representatives from Con Mi Madre presented to the Hays CISD board of trustees its past successes and its plans for the Hays school district.  “I was fl...

By Bailey Buckingham A $220,000 professional development service to help teachers instruct balanced literacy was approved by the Hays CISD school board. But one school board trustee believes advanced training would help students beyond what Hays CISD is paying for.  The board approved the profession...

After returning from vacation and catching up on the Hays Free Press issues, I am outraged and saddened by the “Top Salaries in the area” article .  I find it reprehensible that the administrators of Hays CISD are paid 2,3 and 4 times what long-term teachers are paid.  Yes, administrators work more ...

Staff Report   YMCA of Austin CEO James Finck presented a proposal at Monday’s Hays CISD agenda review meeting for the district to pay for construction of a new pool at Camp Cypress, a YMCA-owned, 85-acre nature preserve, which is located in Buda at Onion Creek on Old San Antonio Road.  In the propo...

By Bailey Buckingham During the public forum portion of Monday’s Hays CISD Board of Trustee’s meeting, Carla Perez spoke on behalf of the district’s employees to advocate for a three percent salary increase.  Perez, a bilingual teacher within Hays CISD for 15 years and president of Hays Educator ass...