By Bailey Buckingham The Hays CISD Board of Trustees Monday elected its president, vice president and secretary for the 2016-2017 school year.  The board first took a vote on the presidential position. Two individuals who received nominations were board trustee Holly Raymond and Merideth Keller, who...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Hays CISD school board members listened to about a dozen comments at Monday night’s board agenda meeting, all related to retiring “Dixie” as the Hays High School fight song.  Recent graduates Jordan Kadjar and James Collins, both of whom were active at Hays High – including in the ...

By Andy Sevilla Hays CISD childcare workers complain they were left out of the latest round of pay increases, despite the issuance of at least 1.5 percent pay jumps for all other district employees last summer. “We recently learned that as an employee group we were ineligible to receive the 1.5 perc...

By Andy Sevilla As election season gets in full swing, Hays CISD is likely to take on an incumbent and a newcomer onto the school board, though a third person was close to throwing their hat in the ring. Three minutes kept a third person from filing for office, according to school district officials...

By Andy Sevilla After battling for seven months, Hays CISD school counselors received a 1.5 percent mid-year pay increase Monday, a salary adjustment they argued should have been in place since the beginning of the school year. “While we can’t change the past, we can change the future,” Hays High Sc...

By Andy Sevilla H ays CISD counselors’ continued fight for fixes to alleged inequities in their pay could finally see resolution by year’s end after several months of battle.  Counselors have publicly said they have lobbied Hays CISD’s administration since May, and later the school board, to adjust ...

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...

By Andy Sevilla A  place where students can succeed.  That’s how Sylvia Villejo, principal at the Impact Center, describes her campus and instruction, which serves as Hays CISD’s Discipline Alternative Education Program (DAEP). Villejo says on the Impact Center website that building relationships wi...

By Andy Sevilla Despite some administration resistance, school board members seem poised to adjust counselor pay next month after the employees complained of inequity in pay. Hays CISD counselors were restructured into the administrative professional pay schedule this school year, per Texas Associat...

By Andy Sevilla In an about face, Hays CISD will soon hire a new fourth grade teacher to help alleviate overcrowded classrooms at Elm Grove Elementary despite the administration’s resistance last week. With the new hire, Hays CISD will request 13 classroom waivers from the state this year, as oppose...