EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Georgetown ISD
QUOTE OF NOTE
Superintendent Fred Brent announces retirement
HIGHLIGHTS GEORGETOWN ISD All Georgetown ISD students who graduate in the top 50% of their high school class will gain automatic admission to Tarleton State University under a new partnership the district announced in an April 6 press release. The partnership makes it so qualifying GISD students will not have to pay for admission fees nor submit ACT or SAT scores. GEORGETOWN ISD The board of trustees authorized district leadership March 21 to carry out a study to determine whether the district should purchase a 789-acre tract of land in the southeast portion of the district for future elementary and middle schools. GEORGETOWN ISD Christ Lutheran Church in Georgetown and the Georgetown branch of A+ Federal Credit Union donated $2,360 and $1,000, respectively, to the district to go toward paying o hundreds of student lunch balances at about a half dozen campuses across GISD. Georgetown ISD board of trustees will meet May 15 at 7 p.m. in the Hammerlun Center for Leadership and Learning at 507 E. University Ave., Georgetown. 512-943-5000. www.georgetownisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER “I AM BLESSED THAT MY FAMILY AND I WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO CALL GEORGETOWN, TEXAS, HOME.” GEORGETOWN ISD SUPERINTENDENT FRED BRENT, IN A RELEASE ANNOUNCING HIS RETIREMENT
BY GRANT CRAWFORD
a new strategic direction. Brent will be designated superintendent emeritus from May 1-June 30. He will serve in an advisory role as the leadership team and board search for his replacement. “I’ve had the honor of serving students, educators and communities in public education for 32 years, and the last nine years as the superintendent of Georgetown have been the highlight of my career,” Brent said in the release. GISD will hire a search rm to aid in the process.
GEORGETOWN ISD Superintendent Fred Brent announced his retirement at a special meeting April 3, according to a release from the school district. The GISD board of trustees discussed Brent’s contract during its monthly workshop. After the workshop, the board approved his retirement, eective June 30. On April 11, the board of trustees appointed Lindsay Harris as interim superintendent. “We feel like this is a very important decision, probably one of the most important decisions we’re going to make besides hiring a new superintendent,” Trustee Stephanie Blanck said at the special-called meeting. Currently GISD’s chief strategist for leadership and culture, Harris recently led the district through adopting
FRED BRENT Served as Georgetown ISD superintendent from
July 2014-June 2023 SOURCE: GEORGETOWN ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT
Georgetown ISD trustees adopt strategic direction
2022 starts
2022 closings
Under construction
ADDING HOUSING, ADDING STUDENTS Based on housing statistics, Wolf Ranch, Williams and Ford elementary schools are the three fastest-growing attendance zones.
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Wolf Ranch
927
935
483
Williams
493
425
158
Ford
369
200
160
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GEORGETOWN ISD The board of trustees adopted a strategic plan with four priority areas March 21 that will guide the district moving forward. The priority areas are student learning, growth and progress; student and sta well-being; sta recruitment and retention; and community and connectivity. In a video message, Superinten- dent Fred Brent said each priority area has a picture of success—an ideal the district is striving toward—as well as objectives that will help the district get there. Brent said each of these objectives will be customized for every campus and department within the district.
SOURCES: GEORGETOWN ISD, ZONDACOMMUNITY IMPACT
Enrollment growth to remain steady as housing starts, closings adjust to market
BY CLAIRE SHOOP
The other elementary zones expe- riencing high growth are Williams, Ford, Mitchell and Cooper, accord- ing to Templeton’s presentation. The opening of Elementary School No. 11 in Santa Rita Ranch in the 2024-25 school year will help relieve some capacity constraints at Wolf Ranch, which is projected to exceed its capacity of 850 students by 167 in 2023-24.
GEORGETOWN ISD Construction began on more than 900 homes in the Wolf Ranch Elementary School attendance zone in 2022, causing it to be one of ve elementary schools experiencing strong growth, said Bob Templeton, vice president of the school district segment at Zonda, during the district’s demo- graphic report March 21.
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