By Paige Lambert Words of discrimination and injustice as well as words in support of the current administration filled the public forum portion of the Monday night’s school board meeting. Of the 38 speakers, 30 focused on the issue of campus leadership at Blanco Vista Elementary.  Board members rec...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Parents at Hays CISD’s Blanco Vista Elementary say they want a change in the school’s leadership — the top administrator at the campus must go, they say. They are circulating a petition to remove the school’s principal, Rebecca Shae, saying she is not supportive of the dual languag...

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 A recently presented state report illustrating Hays CISD’s academic performance reveals students are excelling in social studies, but falling below state averages in math, science and writing. The Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) provides information on the performance of stu...

By Kim Hilsenbeck Changes in Hays CISD administration, stemming from recent resignations, retirements and promotions, have the district’s top level looking a little different. Hays CISD spokesperson Tim Savoy explained the changes in a written statement.  “The two executive director positions over s...

By Andy Sevilla A middle school health class assignment that solicited students’ family medical histories was cancelled after a parent complained to the teacher and raised legal concerns surrounding the requested information. A Wallace Middle School health teacher passed out medical history surveys ...

By Andy Sevilla As classes resume this month and students bring in their techy holiday gifts, Hays CISD is rolling out a new protection to help keep electronics in the right hands. The district has implemented Operation Identification, a registration portal that keeps Hays students’ portable electro...

By Andy Sevilla T his year, Hays CISD elementary students in Buda’s Garlic Creek subdivision were discontinued bus transportation to school; now the city’s council has joined parents in urging the school district to reinstate the service. Buda council members unanimously passed a resolution in Novem...

By Andy Sevilla The wheels are turning to get tablets in teachers’ hands for use in their classroom as a means to aid in instruction by the end of the school year, according to Hays CISD officials. “Every teacher in the district will receive a device for use in their classroom as instructional tools...

By Andy Sevilla Up in arms over what they call an inequity in pay, Hays CISD school counselors are now asking for a pay raise after having their wage schedule reclassified this school year. Hays CISD counselors were removed from a counselor placement pay schedule, much like the one teachers, librari...