Online Student Registration!

Student Registration 2023-2024: Online registration for the 2023-2024 school year opened April 27 for all new and returning students. Click headline for more information.

2023-2024 School Supply List

Attendance Matters

Many of our youngest students miss 10 percent of the school year—about 18 days a year or just two days every month. Chronic absenteeism in kindergarten, and even preK, can predict lower test scores, poor attendance and retention in later grades, especially if the problem persists for more than a year. Do you know how many young children are chronically absent in your school or community?

Hays CISD Clothes Closet

The Hays CISD Clothes Closet was established to help students in all grade levels (PK-12) in our district whose families or guardians may be experiencing economic challenges. The Clothes Closet will provide new and/or gently used clothing. Click on the headline above for more information.

Committee Recommends Names for Hays CISD Schools and Facilities That Honor Local Educators

The school board-appointed 2023 Naming Committee, made up of community members, presented the first reading of its recommendation package at the Hays CISD Board of Trustees workshop meeting on Monday, November 13, 2023. The committee was empaneled in July to consider names for several new schools and district facilities. During an open nomination process from Friday, September 22, 2023, through Tuesday, October 10, 2023, district residents submitted more than 200 name nominations.

Online Public Auction of District Surplus Items

Hays CISD Maintenance and Operations Department is hosting an online public auction of district surplus items through Lemons Auctioneers from Tuesday, November 21 through November 30, 2023. Auction preview day is scheduled for Tuesday, November 28. Click headline above or "Read More" to access details of preview day and auction website.

First Order of Business for Newly Revamped Hays Education Foundation: Fill State Education Funding Gaps

It’s a new day for the Hays Education Foundation – a non-profit that was created to benefit Hays Consolidated Independent School District teachers and students. The Foundation has been working since the pandemic disruption to reinvent itself as an organization that can grow with the district and tackle a changing array of education funding needs. On Thursday, November 9, 2023, the Foundation will host a re-launch event and share its new plans. “The Foundation, a district partner since 1998, has provided valuable assistance to district teachers and students. The first 25 years were successful for the early 21st century Hays CISD. However, with no sign of student population growth slowing, and increasingly uncertain education funding from the state, it’s time to reassess, retool, and remake the Foundation into an organization that can serve Hays CISD for the next 25 years,” said Hays CISD Superintendent Dr. Eric Wright. Click headline or “Read More” for the rest of the article.

Hays CISD to Create Attendance Zone for New Elementary

The process is underway to create a new elementary school attendance zone to accommodate the opening of the district’s 16th elementary school. The new campus, located in the Anthem subdivision, will open in August 2024. In July 2023, the Board of Trustees voted to empanel a committee of 14 citizens to review proposed maps, receive public input, and create a recommendation that will be presented to the Board for a vote no later than December of this year. “Board policy requires the district administration to create at least two starting-point maps for consideration by the citizen committee,” said Hays CISD Chief Communication Officer Tim Savoy. “We encourage everyone who has an opinion to reach out to the committee by using the special ‘Zone Talk’ button on the committee’s webpage or attending one of two public forums. People can also follow along as the process progresses, view the prevailing draft maps, and see all of the materials presented to the committee on the committee webpage.”  The committee webpage is www.hayscisd.net/zone2023. Click headline or "Read More" for full story.