Hays CISD student dies of possible accidental fentanyl poisoning, SMPD investigating

A 14-year old Hays CISD student died in San Marcos during the district’s winter break.

In a letter to Hays CISD families, Superintendent Eric Wright said one student died during the break, which the district suspects that an “accidental fentanyl poisoning may be to blame,” although autopsy results have not come back.

“This is a crisis that has touched every high school in our district and half of our middle schools,” Wright wrote in the letter. “And while I used numbers to illustrate the magnitude of the crisis, we can never forget that each and every incident involves a precious child — a student who has parents, siblings, and friends, and who is a part of our greater school district family.”