{"id":352348,"date":"2026-06-27T04:42:25","date_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352348\/"},"modified":"2026-06-27T04:42:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-27T04:42:25","slug":"dripping-springs-isd-selects-colors-for-2nd-high-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/352348\/","title":{"rendered":"Dripping Springs ISD selects colors for 2nd high school"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsisdtx.us\/article\/2921020\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Driftwood Springs High School<\/a>\u2019s official colors will be navy blue and gold following several months of <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/southwest-austin-dripping-springs\/education\/2026\/02\/19\/dripping-springs-isd-seeks-community-input-on-second-high-school\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">community deliberation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsisdtx.us\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Dripping Springs ISD<\/a> board of trustees selected the official colors for Driftwood Springs High School at a June 22 meeting.<\/p>\n<p>DSISD officials voted to name the district\u2019s second school <a href=\"https:\/\/communityimpact.com\/austin\/southwest-austin-dripping-springs\/education\/2026\/05\/19\/dripping-springs-isd-officials-name-new-high-school-driftwood-springs\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Driftwood Springs<\/a> at a May 18 meeting. Several community members spoke in favor of the name Driftwood High School, but the board ultimately chose to stick with the established naming pattern, which includes \u201csprings\u201d in every school name.<\/p>\n<p>The overview<\/p>\n<p>DSISD officials, employees, students and community members have been discussing the naming and branding of the new high school since February, when the district sent out a community survey.<\/p>\n<p>A 64-person <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dsisdtx.us\/o\/dsisd\/page\/name-recommendation-committee\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">High School No. 2 Naming &amp; Branding Committee<\/a> met four times over the past few months to discuss options for the school\u2019s name, colors and mascot.<\/p>\n<p>The committee submitted the following name and color recommendations:<\/p>\n<p>Driftwood High SchoolNavy blue, gold and whiteDriftwood Springs High SchoolNavy blue, gold and whiteBear Creek High SchoolSycamore Springs High SchoolMaroon and metallic silverCypress Springs High SchoolThe district also posted a public naming and branding survey to gain community input, which garnered 3,950 responses. A majority of respondents felt the new high school should share one color with Dripping Springs High School. Dripping Springs High School\u2019s colors are maroon and gold.<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1782535345_486_thumbnail.jpeg\" width=\"100%\" alt=\"chart visualization\"\/>What\u2019s next<\/p>\n<p>The Driftwood Springs mascot is expected to be approved in the fall, according to a news release from the district.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;&gt;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Driftwood Springs High School\u2019s official colors will be navy blue and gold following several months of community deliberation.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":352349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[132,134,133,109386,52549,125515],"class_list":["post-352348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-austin","tag-austin","tag-austin-headlines","tag-austin-news","tag-driftwood-springs-high-school","tag-dripping-springs-isd","tag-naming-and-branding-committee"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=352348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/352348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/352349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=352348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=352348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=352348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}