Kevin Pitts speaks to District 5 residents during the district town hall on September 28. (Photo by Kaitlyn Wilkes)
GISD
Kaitlyn Wilkes
Georgetown City Council Member Kevin Pitts hosted a District 5 town hall Monday, September 28, bringing together Georgetown ISD Superintendent Devin Padavil and Williamson County Commissioner Valerie Covey to discuss city and county budgets, water and road projects, the county jail and education...
Monday, October 5, 2026
Landrie Mays, first-year teacher at Purl Elementary School, smiles with her welcome bag that was given to 315 new teachers throughout Georgetown. (Courtesy Georgetown Chamber of Commerce)
New Georgetown teachers receive welcome bags
Kaitlyn Wilkes
About 315 new teachers at Georgetown ISD, GT School and Gateway College Preparatory School received welcome swag bags from the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce that included gift cards, special offers, coupons, useful supplies and more from local businesses.
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
The schematic shows a proposed intersection at DB Wood Road and Cedar Breaks Road. (Courtesy City of Georgetown)
GISD, Georgetown coordinate DB Wood road work ahead of new high school
Kaitlyn Wilkes
While Georgetown ISD builds its third comprehensive high school along DB Wood Road, the City of Georgetown will work on the second phase of the DB Wood Road expansion project, which stretches from Oak Ridge Road to Williams Drive.
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Fifth graders from Wolf Ranch Elementary learn about GPS through a hands-on activity hosted by the Williamson County Geographic Information Systems Council. The event taught about Geographic Information Systems. Photos courtesy of Williamson County.
Field day teaches students about geography tech
Nalani Nuylan
Wolf Ranch Elementary fifth graders visited the Georgetown Community Center this month to learn about geography and the technologies used by local governments to collect field data and survey the Wilco landscape.
Friday, November 22, 2024
New Georgetown, GISD partnership could last to 2064
Kaitlyn Wilkes
For the next 20 years, the city and Georgetown ISD will work together under established procedures, processes, development standards and fee structures that will provide cost-effective and efficient development for future school sites in city limits and in the extraterritorial jurisdiction.
Tuesday, September 3, 2024
GISD’s newest elementary opens with ribbon-cutting
Katherine Hamilton
Georgetown ISD’s 11th elementary school, San Gabriel, welcomed parents and students with a ribbon-cutting prior to meet-the-teacher night on August 12.A project of the district’s 2021 Bond Program, the school is located on the western-most edge of the school district — in the Santa Rita Ranch...
Saturday, August 17, 2024
City council incumbents unopposed
Katherine Hamilton
Georgetown City Council District 1 representative Amanda Parr and District 5 representative Kevin Pitts are both running unopposed this spring, after no other candidates filed with the city as of the February 16 deadline. Both incumbent council members will retain their seats for another term.
Friday, February 23, 2024
GISD’s CAC member Kim Denning-Knapp explains to trustees its recommendation for a $649.5 million bond election in May. Photo by Katherine Anthony
Four-proposition GISD bond totaling $649.5 million to come to voters in May 4 election
Katherine Hamilton
Georgetown ISD trustees unanimously voted February 12 to hold a school bond election on Saturday, May 4.
Spread across four proposals, the bond package totals $649.5 million, which, if approved, would result in a one-cent tax increase per $100 property valuation.
Monday, February 12, 2024
School Notes: Jarrell ISD seeking input on elementary attendance zone changes
Katherine Hamilton
Jarrell ISD is asking for input on proposed new elementary attendance zones. The district will open its third elementary school — Double Creek — in fall 2023.
JISD’s Attendance Zone Committee has developed parameters based on enrollment numbers, safety and other factors.
Tuesday, December 13, 2022