More than 1,000 stakeholder responses have been received by Hays CISD on the first draft of a proposed 2019-20 school calendar. The new calendar incorporates several components that come with being a District of Innovation (DOI), which was unanimously approved by the HCISD board trustees in December...

Several months after hiring Johnson High’s first principal, Hays CISD has named the school’s inaugural athletic coordinator. Steve Hoffman, who is the current head football coach at Coriscana High and assistant athletic director for Corsicana ISD near Waco, was selected as Johnson High’s first athle...

What does Map 2-A mean for the future of Hays CISD? With a new high school attendance boundary map now in place, Hays CISD parents and students know where they’ll go once the 2019 school year starts. But Map 2-A, passed by slim 4-3 Hays CISD Board of Trustees vote, still leads some to question the f...

After months of culling nominations and receiving input from you, our readers, we at the Hays Free Press and News-Dispatch are proud to announce our winners for our Citizens of the Year campaign. The premise of our campaign was to find those who make an impact across various categories in our commun...

A push for more student involvement in the Future Farmers of America (FFA) program is leading Hays CISD officials to brainstorm how to maximize attendance at future agricultural events. On Nov. 12, several parents addressed the HCISD Board of Trustees, asking the district to allow students the abili...

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...

Controversy is growing over a fifth proposed high school attendance boundary map due to worries it could have negative school population and socioeconomic impacts. Draft Map 5, crafted by the 35-person Hays CISD rezoning committee, was unveiled to the public Oct. 17 and came as a result of feedback ...

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 ...

Education jobs are among the lowest-paying occupations requiring a bachelor’s degree, but Texas is trying to stay ahead of the curve when it comes to compensation. Texas teachers rank in the top 20 percent of Wallethub’s best and worst states for educators, due in part to high pay checks. However, T...

Focusing student accountability and streamlining teaching methods are two ways Hays CISD is aiming to take Tom Green Elementary out of its current Improvement Required (IR) status. Those methods are part of the district’s Targeted Improvement Plan (TIP) for Tom Green, which was approved Sept. 24 by ...