EDUCATION BRIEFS
News from Georgetown ISD
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District earns B in nancial integrity
Georgetown ISD board of trustees meets Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. in the Hammerlun Center for Leadership and Learning, 507 E. University Ave., Georgetown • 512-943-5000 www.georgetownisd.org MEETINGS WE COVER PREPARATORY SCHOOL The charter school’s managing partner, Orenda Education, is planning to expand the campus at 3360 Westinghouse Road, Georgetown. The K-12 school, which has 1,500 students, will build a new high school annex, an elementary/middle school building and additional parking. GEORGETOWN ISD The Georgetown ISD Education Foundation raised more than $120,000 at its annual 50 Fellas Food Fest on Oct. 22. GEORGETOWN ISD The board of trustees approved the Campus and District Improvement Plan on Oct. 17 that outlines goals and performance objectives, such as leadership development, community-based accountability, and literacy and numeracy objectives.
GEORGETOWN ISD Steve West, the district’s interim chief nancial o cer, said Oct. 17 the district earned a nancial integrity score of 88 for the 2021-22 school year. The Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas scores districts as A F. This rating is based on 20 dierent metrics, such as audit and governance disclosures, cash and investments, tax collections, fund balance, debt management, admin- istrative costs, capital projects and sta levels. The district’s B rating is a decrease from the 2020-21 score of 94. West
said two factors aected this score: expenses during the pandemic, and issuing new bonds to build schools and support the increased enrollment. Paula Lowe from Patillo, Brown & Hill LLP said the auditing rm rendered an “unmodied—or clean—opinion” of the district’s nances, the highest opinion that can be given. “Georgetown ISD has had a mul- tiyear history of strong nancial reporting,” West said. “Financial integrity is the key to the trust of parents and taxpayers.”
The GISD Education Foundation awarded grants to teachers in October.
COURTESY GEORGETOWN ISD
Foundation awards grants to teachers GEORGETOWN ISD Every fall semester, the Georgetown ISD Education Foundation allocates grant money to dozens of teachers throughout the district. The grants are awarded for projects that are innovative and hands-on. Some of the grant-winning projects pertain to reading, outside learning, sewing, special education, drones, and cooking and baking. The foundation awarded nearly $13,000 in grants to 26 teachers, according to an Oct. 20 release.
Georgetown’s ISD state nancial integrity score has decreased due to pandemic spending and issuing bonds.
FINANCIAL RATINGS
A rating (90 and up): superior achievement
85 90 95 100
98
98
96
94
B rating (80-89): above standard achievement
88
0 80
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2018- 2019
2019- 2020
2020- 2021
2021- 2022
SOURCE: GEORGETOWN ISD COMMUNITY IMPACT
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