San Marcos CISD

Hays County school districts want to expand schools and build new ones in an effort to fit hundreds of new students each year.

At a special-called meeting Thursday, the board of trustees voted 6-1 to require students and employees to wear masks in district facilities and buses.

The district said last week that having students back on campus will make it easier to see how they're doing mentally and academically.

The district says it wants to check on students in person before they're off for summer vacation. Exemptions will be made for those with medical conditions.

It was a muggy morning on the Long Center Terrance in downtown Austin. Central Texas school superintendents and their staffs fanned themselves as they…