Thursday, May 20, 2021
The San Marcos Consolidated ISD Board of Trustees approved several items regarding Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos following a nearly two-and-a-half-hour executive session.
The board convened in closed session during Monday’s regular meeting to discuss a tri-party agreement between SMCISD, the City of San Marcos and Centro Cultural Hispano de San Marcos; an amendment to the commercial lease between Centro and SMCISD; and to discuss a Memorandum of Understanding between Centro and SMCISD.
The change to the commercial lease allows SMCISD, which owns the land, to limit the lease to a five-year term at any time during the lease term, which currently ends in 2042. The MOU between Centro and the school district is for the purposes of outlining grant funding and a potential repayment of grant funds received by Centro from the City of San Marcos’ Community Development Block Grant. The tri-party agreement is for the CDBG-funded project, which aims to ma
Saturday, May 1, 2021
San Marcos Consolidated ISD Trustee Anne Halsey was reelected to her at-large position, and Mari Salmi was voted to the board of trustees during Saturday’s election.
Voters from Hays, Caldwell and Guadalupe counties visited the polls during eight days of early voting and on Election Day to vote for two at-large positions on the SMCISD Board of Trustees. Six candidates were vying for the positions on the board: Andrew Fay, Nicholas “Nico” Costilla, Sylvia DeLeon Muzzy, Roger E. Davis, Halsey and Salmi.
Halsey claimed a majority of votes with 1,102 30.67%. Salmi received the second most votes with 895 24.91%.
Muzzy earned 773 votes (21.52%), Fay amassed 449 votes (12.5%), Costilla tallied 319 votes (8.88%) and Davis received 54 votes (1.5%).
Hays County has reported unofficial results for Hays CISD and San Marcos CISD elections.
Incumbent candidate Anne Halsey defeated five of her competitors in the race for an at-large board position on SMCISD s board of trustees with 1,083 votes over Mari Salmi, who had 886 votes.
In HCISD s board of trustees races, Courtney Runkle beat Richard W. Cronshey with 298 votes to 153 votes for the District 3 seat. For an at-large trustee position, incumbent Will McManus won the race with 1,359 ballots. Donyé Curry was the runner up with 1,010 votes.
There were also six bond propositions submitted by HCISD to voters, totaling about $238.5 million. Here are the voting totals for each.
Election Day in Hays County: Live updates for San Marcos, Dripping Springs, other races Luz Moreno-Lozano, Austin American-Statesman
Polls close at 7 p.m. Check in here for the latest on what San Marcos, Hays and Dripping Springs school board seats are in play, as well as Hays, Uhland and Dripping Springs city council seats. The $238.4 million Hays school bond is also on the ballot tonight.
Hays school bond
The district s $238.4 million bond package that will help schools brace for growth is leading on three out of six propositions.
Early results show 55.32% of the vote has been for Proposition A , 54.84% for B , and 58.66% for F, while 60.67% of the vote has been against Proposition C, 59.57% against D and 55.56% against E.
San Marcos school board: six candidates, two seats
Hays school district: $238.4M bond, two seats
Hays, Uhland council seats in play
For Hays County election results and vote count totals, please visit our election results page.
Polls closed at 7 p.m. More than 4,900 residents, or 3.51% of voters, cast their vote early in Hays County. A total of 141,065 residents are registered to vote, according to county data.
Check in here for the latest on what San Marcos, Hays and Dripping Springs school board seats are in play, as well as Hays, Uhland and Dripping Springs city council seats. The $238.4 million Hays school bond is also on the ballot tonight.