Staff Reporter

Board considers possible restructuring, could take action in early December

Tue, 11/21/2023 - 12:00am

San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees listened to another presentation and additional public comment on the possible restructure of the board from five single-member districts and two at-large trustees to seven single- member districts at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday, Nov. 13. There were only two public comments on the item: one was for the restructure of the board and one was against it.

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A view of the University Camp.
Daily Record photo by Celeste Cook

University to keep University Camp

Fri, 11/17/2023 - 10:17am

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Tax allocations down for month

Fri, 11/17/2023 - 12:00am

Annual total is up overall for 2023

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New rental, utility assistance program approved

Wed, 11/15/2023 - 12:00am

Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to approve the use of American Rescue Plan Act Funding for a Rental/ Utility Assistance Program for Hays County residents at their regularly scheduled meeting last week. The program will be run through the Blanco River Regional Recovery Team.

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TXST's University Camp was to be sold, no longer on upcoming TSUS agenda

Thu, 11/09/2023 - 4:14pm

Texas State University’s University Camp appears to be up for sale.

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Local bank offers district's children incentive to achieve

Fri, 11/03/2023 - 12:00am

The Sunflower Bank of San Marcos routinely offers to give a portion of its business proceeds to the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District, through a company initiative that bank officials said rewards customers while at the same time provides a monetary bonus to many of the district's high achieving students.

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Implications of local San Marcos fish species loss

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 12:00am

A highly specialized fish, home to only San Marcos, was recently removed from the Endangered Species List and classified as extinct. The protections on the San Marcos River, springs as well as Spring Lake, will not be removed due to the loss of the local Gambusia. According to the Meadows Center for the Water and Environment website, the Upper San Marcos River is one of the most biologically diverse ecosystems in the southwestern U.S. that still contains seven endangered species.

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Trustees to consider changes to board structure

Wed, 11/01/2023 - 12:00am

The San Marcos Consolidated Independent School District Board of Trustees discussed the need to better inform the community before voting on the potential restructuring of the board of trustees from five single-member districts and two at-large trustees to seven single-member districts at their regularly scheduled meeting Monday.

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Beverly Penn instructs her class at Texas State University
Daily Record photo by Shannon West

Top, cast succulent and critters by Gerlyn Friesenhahm. Above, Student Sarah Carter pours the investment [plaster] in the mold for lost wax casting.
Daily Record photos by Shannon West

Shaping molten metal into art

Sun, 10/29/2023 - 5:00am

Art uses a variety of different mediums to evoke an emotional response in the viewer. One of its forms involves fire and molten metal and is certainly not for the faint of heart. Texas State University has a metals program in their fine arts department and Distinguished Professor Emeritus Beverly Penn is teaching art students to utilize a torch in order to make precious metals even more appealing.

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Wearing masks for the band, Attic Ted, is a San Marcos tradition.
Photo by Christopher Paul Cardoza

Attic Ted's Grady Roper plays the clarinet.
Photo by Rebekah Anne Porter

Masks and music spur creative duo

Fri, 10/27/2023 - 12:00am

A local band utilizes cardboard masks to create quirky characters that have become a staple of their performances–so much so that the crowd now dons the masks as well–dancing freely with the anonymity that a face-covering affords.