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News from Hays & San Marcos CISDs
Hays CISD Will meet April 18 and 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Historic Buda Elementary Campus, 300 San Marcos St., Buda 512-268-2141. www.hayscisd.net San Marcos CISD Will meet April 18 and May 16 at 6 p.m. at San Marcos High School, 2601 Rattler Road, San Marcos 512-393-6700. www.smcisd.net MEETINGSWE COVER NUMBER TOKNOW of bond funds were approved by the Hays CISD board of trustees on Feb. 28 for improvements at Hays and Lehman high schools as part of the 2021 bond. Hays will receive new HVAC units, while Lehman will get roo ng, ooring and a tennis court. $12.56M DISTRICT HIGHLIGHT HAYS CISD The board of trustees approved a payment of $40,115.45 to the Hays County Emergency Services District No. 5 on March 28 for student participation in the Fire ghter Academy and Emergency Medical Technician Industry- Based Certi cation exams.
SanMarcos CISD dropsmaskmandate
BY ZARA FLORES
SANMARCOS CISD In an email to parents and a post on the district website, o cials announced that e ective March 8 the use of face masks will be optional, though they will still be recommended. The San Marcos CISD board of trustees voted to instill a mask mandate in August and revisited it in January, when they voted to extend the mandate through spring break, as reported by Community Impact Newspaper . “The mask mandate worked when vaccines were not available for all students and helped students and sta weather the delta and omicron surges. Now that guidance from public health experts is changing, we need to update our protocols,” the statement said. Based on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s COVID-19 Community Levels tool, Hays County is deemed a low-risk county.
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The Centro Cultural de Hispano has rented the school for 10 years.
ZARA FLORES COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
District donates former school to local nonpro t
nonpro t has used for 10 years to provide classes and activities in Hispanic culture, heritage and art. SMCISD Trustee Kathy Hansen voted against the donation, and Trustee Margie Villalpando—who stated that she is a founding mem- ber of Centro—abstained. Centro Cultural de Hispano rented the 12,795-square-foot building from SMCISD for $6,650 a year. Part of the donation resolution creates stipulations for what the nonpro t can do with the property and what actions would revert it back to SMCISD ownership.
BY ERIC WEILBACHER
SANMARCOS CISD The board of trustees voted March 7 to donate the former Bonham Prekindergar- ten School campus to the nonpro t organization Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos. The school district owns the building at 211 Lee St. that the
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