After a recent survey showed 36 percent of 8,256 Hays CISD secondary students don’t participate in school activities, officials now seek to promote extracurricular involvement in an effort to improve safety and health. Officials ultimately aim to have 100 percent of Hays CISD students connected to e...

In the wake of a handful of fatal school shootings across the country, Hays CISD officials are starting to ramp up their efforts to improve security. On Sept. 24 the HCISD Board of Trustees approved $205,186 for the construction of vestibules in the entryways of five schools. Existing vestibules at ...

ollecting food for those in need is a role Wallace Middle School students and administrators take pride in. In fact, it wasn’t long ago the campus was celebrated for donating more than 2,000-pounds of canned goods during the 2016-2017 school year to the Hays County Food Bank. But Sarah Hodges, Walla...

here was a moment of understanding Friday when Hays CISD instructors Artermise Cyphers and Leann Loya shared a heartfelt, tearful embrace during a pep rally at Wallace Middle School. Moments before, Loya, along with Hays CISD superintendent Michael McKie, presented Cyphers with a commemorative plaqu...