Dripping Springs ISD recognized Cassidy Bloys and Austin McCauley as the 2025-26 District Elementary and Secondary Teachers of the Year, respectively, during the Board of Trustees meeting on Monday, April 27.
Selected by a committee of district educators and staff, Bloys and McCauley will now represent DSISD in the Region 13 Teacher of the Year selection process this summer.
Bloys joined Cypress Springs Elementary in fall 2021 and is in her third year as a Structured Learning Classroom (SLC) teacher. McCauley is in his sixth year at Dripping Springs High School, where he teaches Engineering and coaches the BEST Robotics program.
In March, Bloys and McCauley were among nine educators named DSISD Campus Teachers of the Year. Other campus winners were Maria Mur (Dripping Springs Elementary), Chelsea Cox (Rooster Springs Elementary), Meredith Gomez (Sycamore Springs Elementary), Skyelar Hale (Walnut Springs Elementary), Leighanne Schlicke (Wildwood Springs Elementary), Amanda Mays (Dripping Springs Middle School), and Heidi Michal (Sycamore Springs Middle School).