Not enough classroom hours to meet state standards led Hays CISD officials to add a weather make-up day on Feb. 19. But many parents and students are crying out, with some citing the district’s plan to bank minutes to avoid such emergency measures. According to a letter sent to parents, students and...

Less than a year into his tenure at Lehman High, Josh Kirkland is taking his talents to the collegiate level. Kirkland, who for the past nine months has served as Lehman’s athletic coordinator and head football coach, confirmed he has accepted the roles of assistant head football coach and running b...

Rezoning students is the next challenge for Moe and Gene Johnson High School. Public forums will be held for citizens in the coming months With the grand opening of the new elementary school in August, Hays CISD is continuing its planning and development for Moe and Gene Johnson High, the third four...

Hays CISD leaders are condemning a “racially harassing video” involving two Hays High students that was posted to social media earlier this week. According to a district press release, officials were made aware of a video that showed a person, later identified as a student, using a racial slur sever...

McKie resigns, new superintendent approved Hays CISD began the search for its next leader after Superintendent Michael McKie informed his executive staff in May that he intended to resign at the end of the 2017 school year. In May, Hays CISD posted an agenda item stating the Hays CISD board of trust...

Buda approves first east side park In April 2017, Buda city leaders earmarked $360,000 in monies from Proposition 5 of the 2014 bond for creation of a proposed splash pad in Green Meadows Park on the east side of Buda. The park is expected to be finished by summer of 2018. “It will be a different ty...

ith the school district’s elimination of certain bus routes, the possibility of an influx of children on foot heading to school is driving Kyle to add safeguards onto streets near campuses impacted by the cuts. For a year now, Kyle city officials and Hays Consolidated Independent School District (CI...

The Hays CISD Board of Trustees approved its annual district performance objectives and student performance goals Nov. 27. The goals for 2018 include ensuring that all campuses meet standards set by the Texas Education Agency (TEA), pursuing innovative programs, strengthening communication between s...

There may be no joy at Hays High this spring as overages in the cost of the district’s $3.6 million baseball and softball complex could push construction back to January 2018. Carter Scherff, Hays CISD deputy superintendent, said the district is in a holding pattern with the complex, which was appro...

A new $8.48 million, 18,000 square-foot music building will be coming to Hays High by spring 2019.  Such is the timeframe envisioned by Hays CISD board of trustees after they approved the final design documents for the new building Oct. 16. Construction on the new music building is projected to star...